CONFORMED COPY
Exhibit
10.1
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CONFORMED
COPY
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15
FEBRUARY 2008
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AHR
CAPITAL MS LIMITED
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
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AMENDMENT
AND RESTATEMENT DEED
IN
RELATION TO THE AMENDED AND RESTATED
DATED
20 JULY 2007
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CONTENTS
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Clause
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Page
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Interpretation
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1
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2.
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Amendment
And Restatement Of The First Amended Facility Agreement
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2
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3.
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Consent
To Amendments To Documents
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2
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4.
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Representations
And Warranties
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2
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5.
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Governing
Law
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2
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6.
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Jurisdiction
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2
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7.
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Counterparts
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2
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8.
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Contracts
(Rights Of Third Parties) Xxx 0000
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3
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ANNEX
1
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Second
Amended and Restated Facility Agreement
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4
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THIS DEED is made on 15
February 2008
BETWEEN:
(1)
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AHR CAPITAL MS LIMITED
(the "Borrower");
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(2)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE
SERVICING LTD (the "Security
Trustee");
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(3)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK (the
"Initial Lender");
and
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(4)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL
FUNDING INC (the "First New Lender" and
the "Agent")
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INTRODUCTION:
(A)
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The
Borrower, the Security Trustee, the Initial Lender and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank
acting as agent for the Initial Lender (the "Original Agent" and,
together with the Borrower, the Security Trustee and the Initial Lender,
the "Original
Parties") entered into a multicurrency revolving facility agreement
dated 17 February 2006 (the "Original Facility
Agreement").
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(B)
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The
Original Parties amended and restated the Original Facility Agreement on
20 July 2007 (the "First
Amended Facility
Agreement").
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(C)
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Pursuant
to clause 21 of the First Amended Facility Agreement the Initial Lender,
the First New Lender and the Original Agent entered into a Transfer
Certificate dated on or about the date hereof (the "First Transfer
Certificate") whereby the rights and obligations of the Initial
Lender under the First Amended Facility Agreement were transferred to the
First New Lender.
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(D)
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Subsequent
to the execution of the First Transfer Certificate pursuant to clause
23.10 of the First Amended Facility Agreement the Original Agent resigned
as agent under the First Amended Facility Agreement and appointed in its
place Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Principal Funding Inc (in such capacity the "Agent" and, together
with the Borrower, the Security Trustee and the First New Lender, the
"Parties").
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(E)
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The
Parties now wish to amend and restate the First Amended Facility Agreement
in the manner set out herein.
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THE PARTIES AGREE as
follows:
1.
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INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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The
headings in this Deed do not affect its
interpretation.
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1.2
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The
expressions defined in the First Amended Facility Agreement, each as
amended and restated pursuant to this Deed, shall, unless otherwise
defined herein, have the same meaning in this Deed and the
Introduction.
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2.
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AMENDMENT AND RESTATEMENT OF
THE FIRST AMENDED FACILITY
AGREEMENT
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The
parties hereto agree that, with effect from the date of this Deed, the First
Amended Facility Agreement shall be amended and shall be in the form as restated
for all purposes as set out in Annex 1 to this Deed so that the rights and
obligations of the parties thereto shall from that date be governed by and
construed in accordance with the provisions of the First Amended Facility
Agreement (as amended and restated, the "Second Amended Facility
Agreement").
3.
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CONSENT TO AMENDMENTS TO
DOCUMENTS
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This
Deed shall constitute the prior written consent from the Security Trustee to the
amendments to the First Amended Facility
Agreement.
4.
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REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
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Each
of the parties hereto makes the following representations and warranties with
respect to itself:
4.1
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Power and
Authority: It has the power to enter into and perform,
and has taken all necessary action to authorise the entry into,
performance and delivery of, this Deed and the transactions contemplated
thereby.
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4.2
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Legal Validity: This
Deed constitutes its legal, valid and binding
obligations.
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4.3
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Authorisations: All
material authorisations required in connection with the entry into and
validity of and the transactions contemplated by this Deed have been
obtained and effected (as appropriate) and are in full force and
effect.
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5.
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GOVERNING
LAW
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This
Deed and all matters arising from or connected with it are governed by English
law.
6.
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JURISDICTION
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6.1
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The
courts of England have exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising from or connected with this Deed (a "Dispute").
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6.2
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Each
party irrevocably waives any objection which it might at any time have to
the courts of England being nominated as the forum to hear and decide any
proceedings and to settle any Disputes and agrees not to claim that the
courts of England are not a convenient or appropriate
forum.
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7.
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COUNTERPARTS
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This
Deed may be executed in separate counterparts and by each party separately on a
separate counterpart, and each such counterpart, when so executed, shall be an
original. Such counterparts shall together constitute one and the
same instrument.
8.
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CONTRACTS (RIGHTS OF THIRD
PARTIES) ACT 1999
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A
person who is not a party to this Deed has no rights under the Contracts (Rights
of Third Parties) Act 1999 (the "Act") to enforce any term of
this Deed.
IN WITNESS the parties hereto
have executed this Amendment and Restatement Deed as a deed and intend to
deliver and do deliver this Deed on the day and year first herein before
written.
SIGNED, SEALED AND
DELIVERED by
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the
duly authorised attorney of
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AHR
Capital MS Limited
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in
the presence of
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/s/
XXXXXXX XXXX
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Signature
of witness
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/s/
XXXXX XXXXXX
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Name
of witness
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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THE
INITIAL LENDER
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
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By:
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/s/
XXXXXXX XXXXXXX
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Senior
Credit Officer
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THE
AGENT AND THE FIRST NEW LENDER
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
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By:
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/s/
XXXXX XXXXXX
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Vice
President
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THE
SECURITY TRUSTEE
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XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD.
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By:
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/s/
XXXXXX XXXXXXX
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ANNEX
1
(SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED FACILITY AGREEMENT)
EXECUTION
COPY
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$300,000,000
FACILITY
AGREEMENT
dated
15 February 2008
for
AHR
CAPITAL MS LIMITED
as
the Borrower
arranged
by
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD
acting
as the Security Trustee
and
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
as
the Initial Lender
and
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
as
the First New Lender and Agent
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SECOND
AMENDED AND RESTATED MULTICURRENCY REVOLVING FACILITY
AGREEMENT
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CONTENTS
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CLAUSE
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Page
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Definitions
And Interpretation
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1
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2.
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The
Facility
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21
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3.
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Purpose
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21
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4.
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Conditions
Of Loans
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22
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5.
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Procedure
For Loans
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22
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6.
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Optional
Currencies
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28
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7.
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Repayment
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30
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8.
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Repayment,
Pre-Payment And Cancellation
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30
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9.
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Interest
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34
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10.
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Changes
To The Calculation Of Interest
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34
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11.
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Fees
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36
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12.
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Tax
Gross Up And Indemnities
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37
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13.
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Increased
Costs
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41
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14.
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Other
Indemnities
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43
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15.
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Costs
And Expenses
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43
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16.
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Mitigation
By The Lenders
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45
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17.
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Representations
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46
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18.
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Information
Undertakings
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50
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19.
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General
Undertakings
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52
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20.
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Events
Of Xxxxxxx
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00
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00.
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Changes
To The Lenders
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61
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22.
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Changes
To The Obligors
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64
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23.
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Role
Of The Agent
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65
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24.
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Conduct
Of Business By The Finance Parties
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71
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25.
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Sharing
Among The Finance Parties
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71
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26.
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Payment
Mechanics
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74
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27.
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Set-Off
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76
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28.
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Notices
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77
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29.
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Calculations
And Certificates
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78
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30.
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Partial
Invalidity
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79
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31.
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Remedies
And Waivers
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79
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32.
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Amendments
And Waivers
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79
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33.
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Counterparts
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80
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34.
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Entire
Agreement
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83
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35.
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Governing
Law
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84
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36.
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Enforcement
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84
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SCHEDULE
1 THE PARTIES
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Part
I
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The
Obligors
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86
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Part
II
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The
Lenders
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87
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SCHEDULE
2 CONDITIONS
PRECEDENT
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88
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Part
I
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Conditions
Precedent To First Loan Under This Agreement
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88
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Part
II
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Conditions
Precedent To All Loans
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89
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Part
III
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Additional
Requirements
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91
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Part
IV
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Conditions
Precedent To The Amendment And Restatement
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92
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Part
V
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Conditions
Precedent To The Second Amendment And Restatement
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93
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SCHEDULE
3 REQUEST FOR BORROWING
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SCHEDULE
4 MANDATORY COST FORMULAE
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SCHEDULE
5 FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
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100
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SCHEDULE
6 [RESERVED]
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102
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SCHEDULE
7 [RESERVED]
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103
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SCHEDULE
8 LMA FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
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104
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SCHEDULE
9 [RESERVED]
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110
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SCHEDULE
10 PRICING MATRIX
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111
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SCHEDULE
11 REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES RE: ELIGIBLE COLLATERAL
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113
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SCHEDULE
12 FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
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121
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SCHEDULE
13 FORM OF OPINIONS COUNSEL TO BORROWER
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122
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SCHEDULE
14 [RESERVED]
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123
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SCHEDULE
15 [RESERVED]
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124
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SCHEDULE
16 SERVICER NOTICE
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THIS SECOND AMENDED AND RESTATED
AGREEMENT is dated 15 February 2008 and made between:
(1)
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AHR CAPITAL MS LIMITED
(the "Borrower");
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(2)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX MORTGAGE
SERVICING LTD (the "Security
Trustee");
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(3)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX BANK (the
"Initial Lender");
and
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(4)
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XXXXXX XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL
FUNDING INC (the "First New Lender" and the "Agent")
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IT IS AGREED as
follows:
SECTION
1
INTERPRETATION
1.
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DEFINITIONS
AND INTERPRETATION
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1.1
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Definitions
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In
this Agreement:
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"Account Bank" shall mean
LaSalle Bank National Association.
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"Additional Cost Rate"
has the meaning given to it in Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost
formulae).
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"Advance Rate" shall
mean, for each item of Collateral, the advance rate set forth in the
Request for Borrowing which shall be consistent with the Pricing Matrix,
as set forth in Schedule 10 (Pricing
Matrix).
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"Affiliate" shall mean,
in relation to any person, a Subsidiary of that person or a Holding
Company of that person or any other Subsidiary of that Holding Company
and, with respect to the Borrower, any person managed by the
Borrower.
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"the Agent's Spot Rate of
Exchange" shall mean the Agent's spot rate of exchange for the
purchase of the relevant currency with the Base Currency in the London
foreign exchange market at or about 11:00 a.m. London time on a particular
day.
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"Applicable Margin" shall mean, with
respect to each item of Collateral the margin applicable to such item of
Collateral as set forth in Schedule 10 (Pricing Matrix) or such
other margin as may be mutually agreed to by the Borrower and the
Agent.
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"Appraisal" shall mean a
valuation of any Property prepared by a valuer reasonably acceptable to
the Agent.
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"Asset-Specific Loan
Balance" shall mean the portion of any Loan allocable to each item
of Eligible Collateral (converted into the Base Currency using the Agent's
Spot Rate of Exchange as at the day which was one (1) Business Day prior
to the relevant Funding Date of such Loan). Such portion shall
initially consist of the sum of the Loans made on account of such Eligible
Collateral, advance costs and fees to the extent properly incurred by the
Lenders and the Agent and the Security Trustee hereunder and borrowed by
the Borrower hereunder.
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Whenever
this Agreement states that principal payments on account of a Loan are to
be allocated or applied to or against the Asset-Specific Loan Balance of a
specific item of Eligible Collateral, the Asset-Specific Loan Balance of
such item of Eligible Collateral shall be deemed reduced accordingly by
the amount of the principal payments so applied (converted into the Base
Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange as at the day which was
one (1) Business Day prior to the day on which such principal payments on
account of such Loan are actually so allocated and applied).
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"Asset Value" shall mean, as of
any date in respect of any item of Eligible Collateral, the price (if not
expressed in the Base Currency, converted into the Base Currency using the
Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the day such calculation is made) at
which such item of Eligible Collateral could readily be sold, after giving
effect to the value of any Interest Rate Protection Agreements with
respect to such item of Eligible Collateral which are to be secured in
favour of the Security Trustee as Collateral, as determined in good faith
discretion by the Agent, which price may be determined to be zero and in
no event shall exceed the then outstanding par value (where applicable) of
the subject Eligible Collateral which consists of a Collateral
Loan. The Agent’s determination of Asset Value, which may be
made at any time and from time to time, shall be conclusive, absent
manifest error, upon the parties to this Agreement; provided that, without
limiting the effect of Clause 8.3 (Mandatory Pre-Payment or
granting of further security to the Security Trustee), the Asset
Value shall be deemed to be:
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(1)
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zero
or such greater amount as determined in sole but good faith discretion by
the Agent in respect of each item of Eligible Collateral in respect of
which there is a breach of a representation or warranty by a Collateral
Obligor;
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(2)
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zero
or such greater amount as determined in good faith, by, but at the sole
discretion of the Agent in respect of each item of Eligible Collateral in
respect of which there is a delinquency in the payment of principal and/or
interest which continues for a period in excess of thirty (30) days (after
taking into account any applicable grace periods);
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(3)
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zero
or such greater amount as determined in good faith, by, but at the sole
discretion of, the Agent, in respect of each item of Collateral which has
been released from the possession of the Custodian under the Custodial
Agreement to the Borrower for a period in excess of fourteen (14) days
unless the Agent and Custodian have approved such release for a longer
period of time; and
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(4)
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zero
or such greater amount as determined in good faith, but at the sole
discretion of, the Agent following the failure of Borrower to deliver the
Collateral File associated with such item of Eligible Collateral to the
Custodian within five (5) Business Days after the Funding Date associated
with the Loan made in respect of such item of Eligible
Collateral.
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Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained in this definition, whenever an Asset
Value determination is required under this Agreement:
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(a)
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the
Borrower shall cooperate with the Agent in its good faith determination of
the Asset Value of each item of Eligible Collateral (including, without
limitation, providing all information and documentation in the possession
of the Borrower or
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otherwise
within the control of the Borrower regarding such item of Eligible
Collateral); and
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(b)
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the
Agent shall be entitled to consider any and all factors relevant to the
determination of Asset Value including, without limitation, general and
specific changes in the capital markets and the real estate markets, and
other factors affecting any item of Eligible Collateral, the Borrower, any
Collateral Obligor or the transactions contemplated
hereunder. Each communication by the Agent to the Borrower of
an Asset Value determination pertaining to one or more items of Eligible
Collateral shall be subject to the disclaimer provisions set forth in
Clause 33.3 (Disclaimers).
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"Authorisation" shall
mean an authorisation, consent, approval, resolution, licence, exemption,
filing, notarisation or registration.
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"Availability Period"
shall mean the period from and including the Effective Date to and
including the Termination Date.
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"Available Credit" shall
mean, with respect to any Lender, such Lender's Maximum Credit
minus:
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(a)
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the
Base Currency Amount of its participation in any outstanding Loans;
and
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(b)
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in
relation to any Loans that are proposed to be made, the Base Currency
Amount of its proportional participation in any Loans that are due to be
made on or before the proposed Funding Date,
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other
than such Lender's participation in any Loans that are due to be repaid or
prepaid on or before the proposed Funding Date.
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"B Notes" shall mean the
original executed subordinated note or other evidence of a subordinated
interest with respect to a Mortgage Loan or a Mezzanine Loan (to which the
applicable representations and warranties in Clause 17.13 (Collateral; Collateral
Security) hereof are correct).
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"Bank Agreement" shall
mean the Collection Account Security and Control Agreement between inter alios the
Borrower and the Security Trustee dated 17 February 2006.
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"Base Currency" shall
mean dollars.
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"Base Currency Amount"
shall mean, in relation to a Loan, the amount specified in the Request for
Borrowing for that Loan (or, if the amount requested is not denominated in
the Base Currency, that amount converted into the Base Currency at the
Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the date which is one (1) Business Day
before the Funding Date) adjusted to reflect any repayment, pre-payment,
consolidation or division of the Loans.
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"Borrower Bank Accounts"
or "Accounts" means the Borrower
Sterling Account, the Borrower Yen Account and the Borrower Euro Account
or any one or more of them as the context may require (and any renewal or
redesignation of such accounts) maintained with the Account Bank, the
Irish Bank Accounts and any other bank accounts as the Borrower may
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open
and maintain from time to time in accordance with the Bank Agreement and
notified to the Agent and the Lenders.
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"Borrower Euro Account"
means the euro denominated Borrower Bank Account maintained by the Account
Bank with account number 00000000, account name AHR Capital MS Limited
Euro Account (and any redesignation of such account).
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"Borrower Irish Tax
Requirements" shall mean the following:
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(a)
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the
Borrower is and shall continue to be resident in the Republic of Ireland
for the purposes of the Irish Taxes Act;
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(b)
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the
Borrower carries on and shall continue to carry on in the Republic of
Ireland the business of holding, managing or both the holding and managing
of the Eligible Collateral or interests in the Eligible
Collateral;
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(c)
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apart
from activities ancillary to the business of managing or holding the
Eligible Collateral or interests in the Eligible Collateral, the Borrower
carries on and shall continue to carry on no other
activities;
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(d)
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the
market value of the Eligible Collateral or interests in the Eligible
Collateral held or managed by the Borrower was not less than EUR
10,000,000 on the day on which the Eligible Collateral or interests in the
Eligible Collateral were first held by it;
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(e)
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all
of the transactions entered into or that will be entered into by the
Borrower have been or will be entered into, as the case may be, on an
arm’s length basis, apart from any transaction or arrangement where
Section 110(4) of the Irish Taxes Act applies to any interest or other
distribution payable under the transaction or arrangement unless the
transaction or arrangement concerned is excluded from that provision by
virtue of Section 110(5) of the Irish Taxes Act;
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(f)
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the
Borrower has notified the Irish Revenue Commissioners in the prescribed
form that it is or intends to be a qualifying company for the purposes of
Section 110(1) of the Irish Taxes Act and has supplied to the Irish
Revenue Commissioners such other particulars relating to it as may be
specified in the prescribed form;
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(g)
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the
proceeds of all monies or funding received by the Borrower have been, or
as applicable, shall be used by the Borrower in the course of its business
as a qualifying company within the meaning of Section 110 of the Irish
Taxes Act;
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(h)
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excluding
costs of incorporation of the Borrower, any material expenses (being
expenses in the aggregate exceeding $50,000 per annum) incurred or to be
incurred by the Borrower including interest payable by the Borrower shall
be deductible in computing its profits for the purposes of the Irish Taxes
Act; and
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(i)
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any
transaction entered into by the Borrower is not or will not be entered
into by such Borrower for tax avoidance reasons.
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"Borrower Sterling
Account" means the sterling denominated Borrower Bank Account
maintained by the Account Bank with account number 00000000, account name
AHR Capital MS Limited Sterling Account (and any redesignation of such
account).
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"Borrower Yen Account"
means the Yen denominated Borrower Bank Account maintained by the Account
Bank with account number 00000000, account name AHR Capital MS Limited Yen
Account (and any redesignation of such account).
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"Borrowing Base" shall
mean the aggregate Collateral Value of the Collateral utilised pursuant to
the Debenture to secure the amounts from time to time outstanding under
the Finance Documents, including, but not limited to, the
Loans.
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"Borrowing Base
Deficiency" shall have the meaning provided in paragraph (a) of
Clause 8.3(a) (Mandatory
Pre-Payment or granting of further security to the Security
Trustee) hereof.
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"Business Day" shall
mean, a day (other than a Saturday or Sunday) on which banks are open for
general business in:
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(a)
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London,
or in relation to any date for payment or purchase of a currency other
than sterling or euro the principal financial centre of the country of
that currency;
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(b)
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in
relation to any date for payment or purchase of euro, any TARGET Day;
or
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(c)
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in
relation to any notice to be given to a party pursuant to this Agreement
(including a Request for Borrowing) the city in which such party's office
for service is located.
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"Capital Lease
Obligations" shall mean, for any person, all obligations of such
person to pay rent or other amounts under a lease of (or other agreement
conveying the right to use) Property to the extent such obligations are
required to be classified and accounted for as a capital lease on a
balance sheet of such person under GAAP, and, for purposes of this
Agreement, the amount of such obligations shall be the capitalised amount
hereof, determined in accordance with GAAP.
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"CMBS" shall mean, in the
singular or plural as the context requires, debt securities backed by
mortgages or other comparable security over commercial real estate or by
securities, interests or other obligations backed directly or indirectly
by such mortgages or other comparable security with the assigned Rating by
the corresponding Rating Agency as set forth in Schedule 10 (Pricing
Matrix).
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"Collateral" shall mean,
all of the Borrower's right, title and interest in, to and under each of
the following items of Property, whether now owned or hereafter acquired,
now existing or hereafter created and wherever located:
|
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(a)
|
All
Eligible Collateral with respect to which a Loan is made
hereunder;
|
||
(b)
|
All
Collateral Documents with respect to which a Loan is made hereunder and as
to which the Custodian has been instructed to hold for the Security
Trustee pursuant to the Custodial Agreement;
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(c)
|
All
guarantees and insurance (issued by any Governmental Authority or
otherwise) and any insurance certificate or other document evidencing such
guarantees or insurance relating to any Collateral and all claims and
payments thereunder;
|
||
(d)
|
All
Interest Rate Protection Agreements;
|
||
(e)
|
All
other insurance policies and insurance proceeds relating to the Collateral
or related Property;
|
||
(f)
|
All
collateral or security however defined, under any other agreement between
any Obligor and the Lender and/or or any of their respective Affiliates;
and
|
||
(g)
|
Any
and all replacements, substitutions, distributions on or proceeds of any
and all of the foregoing.
|
||
"Collateral Documents"
shall mean the documents comprising the Collateral File for each item of
Eligible Collateral.
|
|||
"Collateral File" shall
mean, as to each item of Collateral, those documents set forth in a
schedule to be delivered by the Borrower or the Agent to the Custodian and
which are delivered to the Custodian pursuant to the terms of this
Agreement or the Custodial Agreement including, without limitation, all
documents required by the Agent to better enable the Borrower to grant in
favour of the Security Trustee and to perfect a first priority security
interest in such item of Collateral.
|
|||
"Collateral Loan" shall
mean, any Eligible Collateral consisting of a loan or an interest in a
loan.
|
|||
"Collateral Obligor"
shall mean, any obligor with respect to any Eligible Collateral, any
issuer of any debt security comprising any portion of the Collateral and
the issuer of any Preferred Equity Interest.
|
|||
"Collateral Schedule"
shall mean a list of the Eligible Collateral to be granted by way of
security to the Security Trustee for the Secured Obligations under the
Finance Documents attached to a Custodial Identification Certificate
setting forth, as to each item of Eligible Collateral, the applicable
information for such Collateral type specified in the Custodial
Agreement.
|
|||
"Collateral Schedule and
Exception Report" shall mean any collateral schedule and exception
report prepared by the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement.
|
|||
"Collateral Value" shall
mean on any day, with respect to each item of Collateral, the product
obtained by multiplying the Asset Value of such item of Collateral
(converted into the Base Currency calculated by the Agent determining the
Base Currency equivalent of such Asset Value by converting such Asset
Value into the Base Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on
such day) by the Advance Rate set forth in the Request for Borrowing
associated therewith.
|
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"Commitment Fee" shall
have the meaning provided in Clause 11 (Fees)
hereof.
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"Corporate Services
Agreement" shall mean the Management Agreement dated 27 January
2006 between the Borrower and Citco Corporate Services (Ireland)
Limited.
|
|||
"Custodian" shall mean,
LaSalle Bank National Association, as Custodian under the Custodial
Agreement, and its successors and permitted assigns
thereunder.
|
|||
"Custodial Agreement"
shall mean the Custodial Agreement, dated as of 17 February 2006, between
the Borrower, the Custodian and the Agent, substantially in the form of
Schedule 12 (Form of
Custodial Agreement) hereto, as the same shall be modified and
supplemented and in effect from time to time.
|
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"Custodial Identification
Certificate" shall mean, the certificate executed by the Borrower
in connection with the pledge of Eligible Collateral to the Security
Trustee in the form of Schedule 3 to the Custodial Agreement.
|
|||
"Debenture" shall mean
the Debenture dated 17 February 2006 entered into by, inter alios, the
Borrower in favour of the Security Trustee.
|
|||
"Default" shall mean an
Event of Default or any event or circumstance which would (with the expiry
of a grace period, the giving of notice, or any combination of any of the
foregoing) be an Event of Default.
|
|||
"Diligence Materials"
shall mean the Preliminary Due Diligence Package together with the
materials requested in the Supplemental Due Diligence List.
|
|||
"dollars" or "$" shall mean the lawful
currency of the United States of America.
|
|||
"Due Diligence Review"
shall have the meaning set forth in Clause 33.2 (Periodic Due Diligence
Review).
|
|||
"Effective Date" shall
mean, February 17, 2006.
|
|||
"Eligible Collateral" shall mean
collectively: Mortgage Loans, Mezzanine Loans, B Notes, Preferred Equity
Interests and CMBS and Other Approved Collateral to which the applicable
section of Schedule 11 (Representations and Warranties
Re: Eligible Collateral) hereof is correct.
|
|||
"Eligible Collateral
Asset" shall mean any particular item of Eligible
Collateral.
|
|||
"Encumbered Property"
shall mean the real property (including all improvements, buildings,
fixtures, building equipment and personal property thereon and all
additions, alterations and replacements made at any time with respect to
the foregoing) and all other collateral securing repayment of the debt
comprised in a Mortgage Loan, or, in the case of any Mezzanine Loan, the
Equity Interests and the real property related thereto.
|
|||
"Equity Interest" shall
mean any interest in a person constituting a share of stock or a partner
or membership interest or other right or interest in a person not
characterised as indebtedness under GAAP (including, without limitation, a
Preferred Equity Interest).
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"Equity Proceeds" shall
mean with respect to the Guarantor, an amount equal to the net proceeds
from the issuance of any securities of the Guarantor or the net proceeds
due to the Guarantor from contributions to capital or otherwise by another
person.
|
|||
"EURIBOR" means in
relation to any Loan in euro:
|
|||
(a)
|
the
applicable Screen Rate; or
|
||
(b)
|
(if
no Screen Rate is available for the Interest Period of that Loan) the
arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal places) as
supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by the Reference Banks to
leading banks in the European interbank market;
|
||
as
of the Specified Time on the Quotation Day for the offering of deposits in
euro for a period comparable to the Interest Period of the relevant
Loan.
|
|||
"euro" or "EUR" shall mean the
single currency unit of the Participating Member States.
|
|||
"EU Insolvency
Regulation" means Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 20 May
2000.
|
|||
"Event of Default" shall
mean any event or circumstance specified as such in Clause 20 (Events of
Default).
|
|||
"Examiner" has the
meaning given to it in Section 2 of the Companies (Amendment) Act, 1990 of
the Republic of Ireland and "Examinership" shall be
construed accordingly.
|
|||
"Exit Fee" shall have the
meaning ascribed to it in Clause 11.2 (Exit Fee).
|
|||
"Exit Fee Related
Collateral" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 11.2
(Exit
Fee).
|
|||
"Facility" shall mean the
revolving loan facility made available under this Agreement as described
in Clause 2 (The
Facility).
|
|||
"Facility Office" shall
mean the office or offices notified by a Lender to the Agent in writing on
or before the date it becomes a Lender (or, following that date, by not
less than five (5) Business Days' written notice) as the office or offices
through which it will perform its obligations under this
Agreement.
|
|||
"Finance Documents" shall
mean this Agreement, the Debenture, the Guarantee, the Custodial
Agreement, the Bank Agreement, each Interest Rate Protection Agreement and
any other document designated as such by the Agent and the
Borrower.
|
|||
"Finance Party" shall
mean the Agent, the Security Trustee and each Lender as the case may be
and the context requires.
|
|||
"Funding Costs" shall
mean, collectively, the actual costs to a Lender of breaking an interbank
contract for LIBOR, or if applicable, EURIBOR (or the costs that would
have been incurred if such a Lender had entered into a broken interbank
contract prior to the expiration of the contract period applicable thereto
in connection with (a) a pre-payment (whether voluntary or involuntary) of
all or any portion of an Asset-Specific Loan Balance or other principal
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repayment
required or permitted under the Finance Documents that is made at any time
other than at the expiration of an Interest Period, (b) any voluntary or
involuntary acceleration of the Termination Date that in effect occurs on
any date that is not the last day of an Interest Period with respect to
any Asset-Specific Loan Balance, and (c) any other set of circumstances
not attributable solely to a Lender's acts, or related to an amendment of
this Agreement by the parties hereto. Subject to the foregoing,
Funding Costs shall not include a diminution in yield suffered by a Lender
upon re-lending or re-investing the principal of a Loan after any
pre-payment of such Loan.
|
|||
"Funding Date" shall mean
the date on which a Loan is made hereunder.
|
|||
"GAAP" shall
mean
|
|||
(a)
|
in
respect of the Borrower, generally accepted accounting principles in
effect from time to time in the Republic of Ireland; and
|
||
(b)
|
in
respect of the Guarantor, generally accepted accounting principles in
effect from time to time in the United States of America.
|
||
"Governmental Authority"
shall mean, any nation or government, any state or other political
subdivision thereof, any entity exercising executive, legislative,
judicial, regulatory or administrative functions of or pertaining to
government and any court or arbitrator having jurisdiction over the
Borrower, the Guarantor or any of their respective Subsidiaries or any of
their respective properties.
|
|||
"Guarantee" shall mean
the Amended and Restated Parent Guaranty and Indemnity executed by the
Guarantor in favour of the Security Trustee and Agent dated 15 February
2008.
|
|||
"the Guarantor" shall
mean Anthracite Capital, Inc., a Maryland corporation.
|
|||
"Holding Company" means,
in relation to a company or corporation, any other company or corporation
in respect of which it is a Subsidiary.
|
|||
"Indebtedness" shall mean
any indebtedness for or in respect of:
|
|||
(a)
|
moneys
borrowed;
|
||
(b)
|
any
amount raised by acceptance under any acceptance credit facility or
dematerialised equivalent;
|
||
(c)
|
any
amount raised pursuant to any note purchase facility or the issue of
bonds, notes, debentures, loan stock or any similar
instrument;
|
||
(d)
|
the
amount of any liability in respect of any lease or hire purchase contract
which would, in accordance with GAAP, be treated as a finance or capital
lease;
|
||
(e)
|
receivables
sold or discounted (other than any receivables to the extent they are sold
on a non-recourse basis);
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(f)
|
any
amount raised under any other transaction (including any forward sale or
purchase agreement) having the commercial effect of a
borrowing;
|
||
(g)
|
any
derivative transaction entered into in connection with protection against
or benefit from fluctuation in any rate or price (and, when calculating
the value of any derivative transaction, only the marked to market value
shall be taken into account);
|
||
(h)
|
any
counter-indemnity obligation in respect of a guarantee, indemnity, bond,
standby or documentary letter of credit or any other instrument issued by
a bank or financial institution;
|
||
(i)
|
any
Capital Lease Obligations;
|
||
(j)
|
any
amount of any liability under an advance or deferred purchase agreement if
one of the primary reasons behind the entry into this agreement is to
raise finance;
|
||
(k)
|
(without
double counting) the amount of any liability in respect of any guarantee
or indemnity for any of the items referred to in paragraphs (a) to (k)
above; and
|
||
(l)
|
any
other indebtedness of the Borrower whether financial or
otherwise.
|
||
"Information Memorandum"
shall mean, the document in the form approved by the Borrower concerning
the Borrower which, at its request and on its behalf, is to be prepared in
relation to this transaction and distributed prior to the Syndication Date
in connection with syndication.
|
|||
"Institutional Investor"
shall mean a bank, insurance company, pension fund, real estate investment
trust, registered investment advisor or other institutional investor or a
corporation whose shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock
Exchange or the American Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange, the
Irish Stock Exchange or a similar internationally recognised stock
exchange of another nation or any Affiliate of the foregoing, in each
case, having not less than $500,000,000 in assets and $250,000,000 in
equity, and having a long term unsecured debt rating of "A" by S&P or
the equivalent by Xxxxx’x.
|
|||
"Institutional Owner"
shall mean an insurance company, bank, savings and loan association, REIT,
Real Estate Mortgage Investment Conduit, grantor trust, trust company,
commercial credit corporation, pension plan, pension fund or pension fund
advisory firm, mutual fund or other investment company, governmental
entity or plan, "qualified institutional buyer", within the meaning of
Rule 144A under the Securities Act (U.S.) of 1993, as amended (other than
a broker/dealer) or an institution substantially similar to any of the
foregoing, or any entity wholly owned by any one or more such
institutions, in each case, having not less than $500,000,000 in assets
and $250,000,000 in equity, and having a long term unsecured debt rating
of "A" by S&P or the equivalent by Moody’s.
|
|||
"Interest Payment Date"
shall mean the first Business Day of each month and for the last month of
this Agreement, the first Business Day of such last month and the
Termination Date.
|
|||
"Interest Period" for any
Loan shall mean (i) the period commencing on the Funding Date and ending
on the day immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date, and
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thereafter
(ii) the period commencing on each Interest Payment Date and ending on the
date immediately preceding the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date.
|
|||
"Interest Rate Protection
Agreement" shall mean, any, futures contract, options related
contract, interest rate swap, cap or collar agreement or similar
arrangement providing for protection against fluctuations in interest
rates or the exchange of nominal interest obligations, either generally or
under specific contingencies.
|
|||
"Investment Management
Agreement" shall mean the Investment Management Agreement dated 27
January 2006 between the Borrower and BlackRock Financial Management,
Inc.
|
|||
"Irish Bank Accounts"
means, collectively, the current account (account No. 00000000) and the
deposit account (account No. 00000000) in the name of the Borrower with
the Governor and Company of the Bank of Ireland.
|
|||
"Irish Taxes Act" has the
meaning given to it in Clause 12.1 (Definitions).
|
|||
"the Lender" shall
mean:
|
|||
(a)
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank, a Utah Corporation;
|
||
(b)
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Principal Funding Inc., a Delaware Corporation; and
|
||
(c)
|
any
bank, financial institution, trust, fund or other entity which has become
a Party in accordance with Clause 21 (Changes to the
Lenders),
|
||
which
in each case has not ceased to be a Party in accordance with the terms of
this Agreement.
|
|||
"Lenders' Net Aggregate
Exposure" shall mean on any day, with respect to all Loans, a
fraction:
|
|||
(a)
|
the
numerator of which shall be the sum of (i) the aggregate amounts of the
Loans plus (ii) the aggregate amount of any and all senior Indebtedness
and senior Preferred Equity Interest(s) secured in whole or in part by
real property or direct or indirect beneficial interests therein relating
to all Eligible Collateral securing such Loans; and
|
||
(b)
|
the
denominator of which shall be the fair market value (in the Base Currency
and if not expressed in the Base Currency, converted into the Base
Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the day such
calculation is made) of the real property or direct or indirect beneficial
interests referred to in (a) above as determined by the Agent in its sole
good faith discretion.
|
||
"Lenders' Net Exposure"
shall mean, with respect to each Loan, a fraction:
|
|||
(a)
|
the
numerator of which shall be sum of (i) the Base Currency Amount of such
Loan plus (ii) the amount of any and all Indebtedness and senior Preferred
Equity Interest(s) (in each case converted into the Base Currency using
the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on such day) secured in whole or in part
by real property or direct or
|
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indirect
beneficial interests therein relating to the Eligible Collateral granted
as security to the Security Trustee in connection with such Loan;
and
|
|||
(b)
|
the
denominator of which shall be the fair market value (in the Base Currency
and if not expressed in the Base Currency, converted into the Base
Currency using the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the day such
calculation is made) of the real property or direct or indirect beneficial
interests referenced in (a) above as determined by the Agent in its sole
good faith discretion.
|
||
"LIBOR" shall mean, in
relation to any Loan:
|
|||
(a)
|
the
applicable Screen Rate; or
|
||
(b)
|
(if
no Screen Rate is available for the currency or Interest Period of that
Loan) the arithmetic mean of the rates (rounded upwards to four decimal
places) as supplied to the Agent at its request quoted by the Reference
Banks to leading banks in the London interbank market,
|
||
on
or about 11:00 a.m. London time on the Quotation Day for the offering of
deposits in the currency of that Loan and for a period of thirty (30)
days.
|
|||
"LMA" shall mean the Loan
Market Association.
|
|||
"Loan" shall mean a loan
made or to be made under the Facility or the principal amount outstanding
for the time being of that loan.
|
|||
"Loan-To-Value Ratio" or
"LTV" shall mean,
as of any date in respect to any item of Eligible Collateral, the ratio
that (x) the aggregate outstanding principal balances of all loans and
preferred equity interests secured in whole or in part by real property or
direct or indirect beneficial interests therein relating to such Eligible
Collateral bears to (y) the value, determined by an Appraisal in a form
reasonably acceptable to the Agent, of the real property (together with
all applicable appurtenant interests and subject to all applicable
security interests, encumbrances and tenancies), or direct or indirect
beneficial interests which form the basis of such Eligible
Collateral.
|
|||
"Majority Lenders" shall
mean:
|
|||
(a)
|
if
there are no Loans then outstanding, a Lender or Lenders whose Total
Maximum Credit aggregate more than 662/3% of the Total Maximum
Credit (or, if the Total Maximum Credit have been reduced to zero,
aggregated more than 662/3% of the Total Maximum
Credit immediately prior to the reduction); or
|
||
(b)
|
at
any other time, a Lender or Lenders whose participations in the Loans then
outstanding aggregate more than 662/3% of all the Loans then
outstanding.
|
||
"Mandatory Cost" shall
mean the percentage rate per annum calculated by the Agent in accordance
with Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost
Formulae).
|
|||
"Material Adverse Effect"
shall mean a material adverse effect on:
|
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(a)
|
the
business, operations, Property, condition (financial or otherwise) or
prospects of the Borrower or the Guarantor;
|
||
(b)
|
the
ability of an Obligor to perform its obligations under any of the Finance
Documents;
|
||
(c)
|
the
validity or enforceability of any of the Finance Documents or the rights
or remedies of any Finance Party under any of the Finance
Documents;
|
||
(d)
|
the
timely payment of principal or of interest on a Loan or other amounts
payable in connection therewith; or
|
||
(e)
|
the
Collateral.
|
||
"Maximum Credit" shall
mean in relation to any Lender, the amount in the Base Currency set
opposite its name under the heading "Maximum Credit" in Part
II of Schedule 1 (The
Parties) and the amount in the Base Currency of any other Maximum
Credit transferred to it under this Agreement as the same may be reduced
in accordance with this Agreement to the extent not cancelled, reduced or
transferred by it under this Agreement.
|
|||
"Mezzanine Loan" shall
mean indebtedness of an owner or owners of any Equity Interest or any
other equity or ownership interests in property secured only by such
Equity Interest or other equity or ownership interest, each encumbering
one or more commercial (including retail office, industrial, self-storage,
hospitality or other commercial uses) or multi-family residential
properties to which the applicable representations and warranties in
Clause 17.13 (Collateral; Collateral
Security) hereof are correct.
|
|||
"Moody's" shall mean
Xxxxx'x Investors Service Inc. or any successor to its rating
business.
|
|||
"Mortgage" shall mean the
mortgage, charge or other instrument securing a Mortgage Loan, which
creates a first ranking security interest on real property.
|
|||
"Mortgage Loan" shall mean a
performing mortgage loan encumbering one or more commercial (including
retail, office, industrial, self storage, hospitality or other commercial
uses) or multi-family residential properties to which the applicable
representations and warranties in Clause 17.13 (Collateral; Collateral
Security) hereof are correct.
|
|||
"MS & Co." shall mean
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx & Co. Incorporated, a registered
broker-dealer.
|
|||
"MS Indebtedness" means
any Indebtedness of any Obligor owed to the First New Lender or any of its
respective Affiliates.
|
|||
"Net Worth" shall mean
the amount which would be included under shareholders equity on a
consolidated balance sheet of the Borrower and the Guarantor and its
subsidiaries determined on a consolidated basis in accordance with
GAAP.
|
|||
"Obligors" shall mean the
Borrower and the Guarantor and "Obligor" shall mean
either one of them as the context may require.
|
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"Optional Currency" shall
mean sterling, Yen or euros or any other currency mutually agreed to by
the Borrower and the Agent.
|
|||
"Other Approved
Collateral" shall mean such other proposed Property of the Borrower
as the Agent shall accept as Collateral for a Loan.
|
|||
"Participating Member
State" shall mean any member state of the European Communities that
adopts or has adopted the euro as its lawful currency in accordance with
legislation of the European Community relating to Economic and Monetary
Union.
|
|||
"Party" shall mean a
party to this Agreement.
|
|||
"Post Default Rate of
Interest" shall have the meaning ascribed to it in Clause 9.3
(Default
Interest).
|
|||
"Preferred Equity Interest" shall mean any
interest in a person constituting preference shares or a preferred
partnership or membership interest or other preferred right or interest in
a person that is not characterised as indebtedness under
GAAP.
|
|||
"Preliminary Due Diligence
Package" shall mean, with respect to any item of Eligible
Collateral, the following due diligence information relating to such item
of Eligible Collateral to be provided by the Borrower to the Agent
pursuant to this Agreement:
|
|||
(a)
|
a
summary memorandum outlining the proposed transaction, including potential
transaction benefits and all material underwriting risks, all Underwriting
Issues and all other characteristics of the proposed transaction that a
prudent lender would consider material;
|
||
(b)
|
a
cash flow pro-forma, plus historical
information, if available;
|
||
(c)
|
a
description of the Property comprised in such Eligible Collateral (whether
real property, a loan or other collateral);
|
||
(d)
|
the
indicative relevant Loan-To-Value Ratio;
|
||
(e)
|
the
Borrower’s or the Guarantor's or any Affiliate thereof's relationship with
its Collateral Obligor or any Affiliate of such Collateral Obligor, if
any;
|
||
(f)
|
a
Phase I environmental report (including asbestos and lead paint
report);
|
||
(g)
|
third
party reports, to the extent available and applicable,
including:
|
||
(i)
|
current
Appraisal;
|
||
(ii)
|
Phase
II environmental report or other follow-up environmental report if such
was recommended in the relevant Phase I environmental
report;
|
||
(iii)
|
seismic
reports; and
|
||
(iv)
|
an
operations and maintenance plan with respect to asbestos containing
materials;
|
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(h)
|
documents
comprising such Eligible Collateral, or current drafts thereof, including,
without limitation, the underlying debt and the related finance documents
(including any guarantees), the Collateral Obligor’s organisational, or
constitutional, documents, warrant agreements, and loan and collateral
security agreements, as applicable;
|
||
(i)
|
a
list that specifically and expressly identifies any Collateral Documents
that relate to such Eligible Collateral but which are not in the
Borrower’s possession; and
|
||
(j)
|
in
the case of Eligible Collateral which is other than an actual Mortgage
Loan, all information and other materials described in this definition
which would otherwise be provided for the underlying mortgage loan if it
were an item of Eligible Collateral, except that, as to the items set
forth in paragraphs (g) and (h), to the extent the Borrower possesses such
information or has access to such information because it was provided to
the related lead lender and made available to the Borrower.
|
||
"Principal Receipts"
means in relation to any Eligible Collateral purchased or otherwise
acquired by the Borrower, any monies arising from such Eligible Collateral
and received by the Borrower which are of a principal nature or are on
account of principal, or are on account of a return of capital in relation
to a Preferred Equity Interest.
|
|||
"Property" shall mean,
any right or interest in or to property of any kind whatsoever, whether
real, personal or mixed and whether tangible or intangible.
|
|||
"Proposed Eligible
Collateral" means any item of Collateral that the Borrower proposes
should be the subject of a Loan prior to the approval by the Agent as
Eligible Collateral.
|
|||
"Qualifying Lender" has
the meaning given to it in Clause 12.1 (Definitions).
|
|||
"Quotation Day" means in
relation to any period for which an interest rate is to be determined the
day that is one (1) day prior to the first day of that
period.
|
|||
"Rating" shall mean the
rating (or its equivalent) assigned by each Rating Agency for CMBS as set
forth in Schedule 10 (Pricing
Matrix).
|
|||
"Rating Agency" shall
mean Moody's and S&P.
|
|||
"Reference Banks" shall
mean the principal London offices of HSBC Bank plc, The Royal Bank of
Scotland plc, Barclays Bank plc and Lloyds TSB Bank plc or such other
banks as may be appointed by the Agent in consultation with the
Borrower.
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"Relevant Interbank
Market" shall mean in relation to euro, the European interbank
market, in relation to sterling the London interbank market, in relation
to Yen, the London interbank market and, in relation to any
other currency, the London interbank market.
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"Repeating
Representations" shall mean the representation and warranties of
the Borrower set forth in Clauses 17.1, 17.2, 17.3, 17.4, 17.5, 17.6,
17.7, 17.9, 17.10, 17.11, 17.12, 17.13, 17.15, 17.16, 17.17, 17.18 and
17.19 of this Agreement.
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"Request for Borrowing"
shall mean a notice substantially in the form set out in Schedule 3 (Request for
Borrowing).
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"Reservations" shall mean
(i) the effect of bankruptcy, examination, insolvency or similar laws
affecting generally the enforcement of creditor's rights, as such laws
would apply in the event of any bankruptcy, examination, receivership,
insolvency or similar event applicable to the relevant Obligor and (ii)
general equitable principles (whether enforceability of such principles is
considered in a proceeding at law or in equity).
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"Responsible Officer"
shall mean, as to any person, the chief executive officer, chairman of the
board, president, executive vice president, and, with respect of financial
matters, executive vice president, vice president or the treasurer of such
person.
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"Revenue Receipts" means
any monies received by the Borrower which are not Principal Receipts (or
the proceeds of the investment of the Borrower Principal
Receipts).
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"S&P" shall mean
Standard and Poor's Rating Services, a division of The XxXxxx-Xxxx
Companies, Inc. or any successor to its rating business.
|
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"Screen Rate"
means:
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(a)
|
in
relation to LIBOR, the British Bankers' Association Interest Settlement
Rate for the relevant currency and period;
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(b)
|
in
relation to EURIBOR, the percentage rate per annum determined by the
Banking Federation of the European Union for the relevant
period;
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displayed
on the appropriate page of the Reuters screen. If the agreed page is
replaced or service ceases to be available, the Agent may specify another
page or service displaying the appropriate rate after consultation with
the Borrower and the Lenders.
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"Secured Parties" or
"Secured Party"
shall have the meaning provided in the Debenture.
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"the Security Trustee"
has the meaning provided in the heading to this Agreement.
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"the Servicer" shall have
the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (Servicing)
hereof.
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"Servicer Notice" shall
have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (Servicing)
hereof.
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"Servicing Agreement"
shall have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (Servicing)
hereof.
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"Servicing Records" shall
have the meaning provided in Clause 33.1 (Servicing)
hereof.
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"sterling" or "£" shall mean the lawful
currency of the United Kingdom.
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"Subordinated Loan
Agreement" shall mean the agreement made between the Borrower and
the Guarantor evidencing the subordinated debt of the Borrower to the
Guarantor which shall not be dated later than the date of the initial loan
under this Agreement.
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"Subsidiary" shall mean
in the case of a company incorporated in England and Wales a subsidiary
within the meaning of Section 736 of the Companies Xxx 0000 and in the
case of the Borrower only a subsidiary within the meaning of Section 155
of the Companies Act, 1963 (as amended) of the Republic of
Ireland:
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(a)
|
which
is controlled, directly or indirectly, by the first mentioned company or
corporation;
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(b)
|
more
than half the issued share capital of which is beneficially owned,
directly or indirectly by the first mentioned company or corporation;
or
|
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(c)
|
which
is a Subsidiary of another Subsidiary of the first mentioned company or
corporation,
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||
and
for this purpose, a company or corporation shall be treated as being
controlled by another if that other company or corporation is able to
direct its affairs and/or to control the composition of its board of
directors or equivalent body.
|
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"Supplemental Due Diligence
List" shall mean with respect to any item of Proposed Eligible
Collateral, information or deliveries concerning such Proposed Eligible
Collateral that the Agent shall request in addition to the Preliminary Due
Diligence Package.
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"Syndication Date" shall
mean the day which is the day specified by as the day on which primary
syndication of the Facility is completed.
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"Table Funded Eligible
Collateral" shall mean Eligible Collateral to be acquired by the
Borrower contemporaneously with the making of a Loan to it, where
substantially all of the proceeds of the relevant Loan will be used to
acquire such Eligible Collateral.
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"TARGET" means
Trans-European Automated Real-time Gross Settlement Express Transfer
payment system.
|
|||
"TARGET Day" means any
day on which TARGET is open for the settlement of payments in
euro.
|
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"Tax" shall mean any tax,
levy, impost, duty or other charge or withholding of a similar nature
(including any penalty or interest payable in connection with any failure
to pay or any delay in paying any of the same).
|
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"Termination Date" shall
mean 7 February 2009 or such earlier date on which this Agreement may
terminate in accordance with its terms or by operation of
law.
|
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"Total Maximum Credit"
shall mean the aggregate of the Maximum Credit being $300,000,000 as at
the date of this Agreement.
|
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"Transfer Certificate"
shall mean a certificate substantially in the form set out in
Schedule 5 (Form of
Transfer Certificate) or any other form agreed between the Agent
and the Borrower.
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"Transfer Date" shall
mean in relation to a transfer, the later of:
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(a)
|
the
proposed Transfer Date specified in the Transfer Certificate;
and
|
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(b)
|
the
date on which the Agent executes the Transfer Certificate.
|
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"Trust Receipt" shall
mean the receipt delivered by the Custodian pursuant to the Custodial
Agreement acknowledging receipt of a Collateral File in connection with a
Loan.
|
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"Underwriting Issues"
shall mean, with respect to any Collateral as to which the Borrower
intends to request a Loan, all information that has come to the Borrower's
attention, based on the making of reasonable inquiries and the exercise of
reasonable care and diligence under the circumstances, which would be
considered a materially "negative" factor (either separately or in the
aggregate with other information), or a material defect in loan
documentation or closing deliveries (such as any absence of any material
Collateral Documents), to a reasonable institutional lender in determining
whether to originate or acquire the Collateral in question.
|
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"Unpaid Sum" shall mean
any sum due and payable but unpaid by an Obligor under the Finance
Documents.
|
|||
"VAT" shall mean value
added tax as provided for in the Value Added Tax Xxx 0000 as amended, of
the Republic of Ireland and any other tax of a similar
nature.
|
|||
"VAT Group" shall mean a
VAT group as defined by Section 8(8) of the Value Added Tax Act, 1972, as
amended of the Republic of Ireland.
|
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"Yen" and "¥" each mean the lawful
currency for the time being of Japan.
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1.2
|
Construction
|
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(a)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears any reference in this Agreement
to:
|
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(i)
|
the
"the Agent",
"the Security
Trustee" any "Finance Party", any
"the Lender", any
"Obligor" or any
"Party" shall be
construed so as to include its successors in title, permitted assigns and
permitted transferees;
|
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(ii)
|
"assets" includes present
and future properties, revenues and rights of every
description;
|
||
(iii)
|
a
"Finance Document"
or any other agreement or instrument is a reference to that Finance
Document or other agreement or instrument as amended or
novated;
|
||
(iv)
|
"indebtedness" includes
any obligation (whether incurred as principal or as surety) for the
payment or repayment of money, whether present or future, actual or
contingent;
|
||
(v)
|
a
"person" includes
any person, firm, company, corporation, government, state or agency of a
state or any association, trust or partnership (whether or not having
separate legal personality) of two or more of the foregoing;
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(vi)
|
a
"regulation"
includes any regulation, rule, official directive, request or guideline
(whether or not having the force of law) of any governmental,
intergovernmental or supranational body, agency, department or regulatory,
self-regulatory or other authority or organisation;
|
||
(vii)
|
a
provision of law is a reference to that provision as amended or
re-enacted; and
|
||
(viii)
|
a
time of day is a reference to London time.
|
||
(b)
|
Section,
Clause and Schedule headings are for ease of reference only.
|
||
(c)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears, a term used in any other Finance Document
or in any notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document
has the same meaning in that Finance Document or notice as in this
Agreement.
|
||
(d)
|
A
Default (other than an Event of Default) and an Event of Default is "continuing" if it has
not been remedied or waived.
|
||
(e)
|
Unless
a contrary intention appears words importing the singular shall include
the plural and vice versa.
|
||
(f)
|
In
this Agreement, unless otherwise specified, where an expression requires
any amounts of money to be aggregated or otherwise added where such
amounts are not all denominated in the same currency then the aggregate of
such amounts shall be:
|
D + X (R)
where
"D" is the aggregate of all such amounts denominated in the Base Currency
and "X(R)" is the aggregate of all such amounts denominated in currency
other than the Base Currency converted into the Base Currency using the
Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange on the day such calculation is
made.
|
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1.3
|
Third
party rights
|
|
A
person who is not a Party has no right under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Xxx 0000 to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of
this Agreement.
|
||
1.4
|
Original
Facility Agreement and First Amended Facility Agreement
|
|
(a)
|
The
Borrower, the Security Trustee, the Initial Lender and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank
acting as agent for the Initial Lender (the "Original Agent" and,
together with the Borrower, the Security Trustee and the Initial Lender,
the "Original
Parties") entered into a multicurrency revolving facility agreement
dated 17 February 2006 (the "Original Facility
Agreement").
|
|
(b)
|
The
Original Parties amended and restated the Original Facility Agreement on
20 July 2007 (the "First
Amended Facility Agreement").
|
|
(c)
|
Pursuant
to clause 21 of the First Amended Facility Agreement the Initial Lender,
the First New Lender and the Original Agent entered into a Transfer
Certificate dated on or about the date hereof (the "First Transfer
Certificate") whereby the rights and
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obligations
of the Initial Lender under the First Amended Facility Agreement were
transferred to the First New Lender.
|
||
(d)
|
Subsequent
to the execution of the First Transfer Certificate pursuant to clause
23.10 of the First Amended Facility Agreement the Original Agent resigned
as agent under the First Amended Facility Agreement and appointed in its
place Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Principal Funding Inc (in such capacity the "Agent" and, together
with the Borrower, the Security Trustee and the First New Lender, the
"Parties").
|
|
(e)
|
The
Parties now wish to amend and restate the First Amended Facility Agreement
in the manner set out herein (the "Agreement" and the
"Second Amended Facility
Agreement").
|
|
1.5
|
Repeating
Representations
|
|
The
Borrower represents and warrants to each Finance Party in the terms of
each of the Repeating Representations on the date hereof.
|
||
1.6
|
Conditions
Precedent to the Second Amendment and Restatement
|
|
The
Borrower may not deliver a Request for Borrowing after the date of this
Second Amended Facility Agreement unless the Agent has received all of the
documents and other evidence listed in Part V of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent)
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders, promptly upon being so
satisfied.
|
||
1.7
|
Further
Commitment Fee
|
|
On
the date hereof, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account of
the Lenders) a fee of $1,500,000.
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SECTION
2
THE
FACILITY
2.
|
THE
FACILITY
|
|
2.1
|
The
Facility
|
|
Subject
to the terms of this Agreement, the Lenders make available to the Borrower
a multicurrency revolving loan facility in a maximum aggregate amount from
time to time outstanding equal to the Total Maximum Credit.
|
||
2.2
|
Finance
Parties' rights and obligations
|
|
(a)
|
The
obligations of each Finance Party under the Finance Documents are
several. Failure by a Finance Party to perform its obligations
under the Finance Documents does not affect the obligations of any other
party under the Finance Documents. No Finance Party is
responsible for the obligations of any other Finance Party under the
Finance Documents.
|
|
(b)
|
Subject
to the terms and conditions of this Agreement, during the Availability
Period the Borrower may borrow, repay and reborrow hereunder, provided that,
notwithstanding the foregoing, no Lender shall have any obligation to make
a Loan to the Borrower in excess of its Available Credit.
|
|
(c)
|
The
rights of each Finance Party under or in connection with the Finance
Documents are separate and independent rights and any debt arising under
the Finance Documents to a Finance Party from an Obligor shall be a
separate and independent debt.
|
|
(d)
|
A
Finance Party may, except as otherwise stated in the Finance Documents,
separately enforce its rights under the Finance Documents.
|
|
3.
|
PURPOSE
|
|
3.1
|
Purpose
|
|
The
Borrower shall apply all amounts borrowed by it under the Facility towards
the acquisition or funding of Eligible Collateral and the purchase of
Interest Rate Protection Agreements relating to such Eligible
Collateral.
|
||
3.2
|
Monitoring
|
|
No
Finance Party is bound to monitor or verify the application of any amount
borrowed pursuant to this Agreement.
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SECTION
3
LOANS
4.
|
CONDITIONS
OF LOANS
|
|||
4.1
|
Initial
conditions precedent
|
|||
The
Borrower may not deliver its initial Request for Borrowing unless the
Agent has received all of the documents and other evidence listed in Part
I of Schedule 2 (Conditions Precedent)
in form and substance satisfactory to the Agent. The Agent
shall notify the Borrower and the Lenders, promptly upon being so
satisfied.
|
||||
4.2
|
Further
conditions precedent
|
|||
The
Agent will only be obliged to comply with a Request for Borrowing if (i)
on the Effective Date the representations and warranties made by each
Obligor under each Finance Document are true in all material respects; and
(ii) on any proposed Funding Date:
|
||||
(a)
|
the
Borrower has complied with the provisions of Part II and III of Schedule 2
(Conditions
Precedent);
|
|||
(b)
|
the
Repeating Representations to be made by the Borrower and any other
representations and warranties made by an Obligor under each Finance
Document (other than this Agreement) are true in all material respects and
in the case of the Repeating Representations, are deemed to be made by the
Borrower by reference to the facts and circumstances then
existing;
|
|||
(c)
|
the
procedures set out in Clause 5 (Procedure for Loans)
have been complied with; and
|
|||
(d)
|
the
Availability Period has not expired.
|
|||
5.
|
PROCEDURE
FOR LOANS
|
|||
5.1
|
Preliminary
Approval of Eligible Collateral
|
|||
In
respect of any assets which the Borrower proposes to be included in the
Borrowing Base and to be granted as security to the Security Trustee
pursuant to the Debenture the Borrower shall:
|
||||
(a)
|
submit
to the Agent a Preliminary Due Diligence Package for the Agent’s review
and approval;
|
|||
(b)
|
not
later than five (5) Business Days after the Agent has received a complete
Preliminary Due Diligence Package, the Agent may: (i) request in the
Agent's sole but good faith discretion additional information that the
Agent shall specify on a Supplemental Due Diligence List; (ii) notify the
Borrower of the Asset Value for the Proposed Eligible Collateral; or (iii)
deny, in the Agent's sole and absolute discretion, the Borrower's request
for a Loan hereunder; and
|
|||
(c)
|
In
the event of a request for supplemental information by the Agent pursuant
to paragraph (b)(i) of Clause 5.1, the Agent shall thereafter advise the
Borrower in
|
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accordance
with paragraph (b)(ii) of Clause 5.1 or paragraph (b)(iii) not later than
five (5) Business Days following receipt of the requested
information;
|
||||
The
Agent's failure to respond to the Borrower's request shall be deemed to be
a denial of the Borrower's request for a Loan, unless otherwise agreed to
between the Borrower and the Agent in writing. Nothing in this Clause 5.1
or elsewhere in this Agreement shall, or be deemed to prohibit the Agent
from determining in its sole but good faith discretion the adequacy,
completeness and appropriateness of or from disapproving any and all
financial and other underwriting data required to be supplied by the
Borrower under this Agreement.
|
||||
5.2
|
Final
Approval of Proposed Eligible Collateral
|
|||
In
the event that the Agent notifies the Borrower of the Asset Value for the
Proposed Eligible Collateral and the Borrower desires to obtain a Loan
secured by the Proposed Eligible Collateral the Borrower
shall:
|
||||
(a)
|
Notify
the Agent of the Advance Rate selected by the Borrower with respect to
such Loan which for greater certainty shall not cause the Lenders' Net
Aggregate Exposure and the Lenders' Net Exposure for such Loan to exceed
80% and 85%, respectively;
|
|||
(b)
|
Satisfy
the conditions precedent set forth in Part I and/or II, as applicable, of
Schedule 2 (Conditions
Precedent); and
|
|||
(c)
|
Provide
the Agent, for the Agent's review, the following to the extent not
otherwise included in the Preliminary Due Diligence Package:
|
|||
(i)
|
Environmental and
Engineering. If applicable an environmental report and
an engineering report, each in form and substance satisfactory to the
Agent, by an engineer and environmental consultant reasonably acceptable
to the Agent.
|
|||
(ii)
|
Appraisal. If
applicable an Appraisal.
|
|||
(iii)
|
Insurance. With
respect to Eligible Collateral that is secured on real property,
certificates or other evidence of insurance demonstrating insurance
coverage in respect of such real property of types, in amounts, with
insurers and otherwise in compliance with the terms, provisions and
conditions set forth in the related Collateral Documents or the finance
documents related to such Eligible Collateral. Such
certificates or other evidence shall indicate that the lead lender on the
whole loan in which the Borrower is a participant will be named as an
additional insured as its interest may appear and shall contain a loss
payee endorsement in favour of such additional insured with respect to the
property policies required to be maintained under the related Collateral
Documents.
|
|||
(iv)
|
Survey. With
respect to the Collateral, and to the extent obtained by the Borrower from
the Collateral Obligor at the origination of the underlying loan, relating
thereto, a current survey of such real property in a form reasonably
satisfactory to the Agent.
|
|||
(v)
|
Security Search
Reports. Satisfactory reports of any registered security
interests, tax security, judgment and litigation searches and certificate
of title
|
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reports
and updates, as applicable, conducted by a reputable law firm reasonably
acceptable to the Agent with respect to the Collateral, the Borrower and
the related Collateral Obligor; such searches to be conducted in each
location the Agent shall reasonably designate.
|
||||
(vi)
|
Security
Instruments. All security instruments and documents
granting, to the extent not already done so by the Debenture, to the
Security Trustee a perfected first ranking security interest in the
Eligible Collateral (and in or over any Interest Rate Protection
Agreements held by the Borrower with respect thereto) which shall be
subject to no additional security interest except as expressly permitted
by the Agent. Such security instruments and documents shall
contain such representations and warranties concerning the Eligible
Collateral and such other terms as shall be reasonably satisfactory to the
Agent.
|
|||
(vii)
|
Opinions of
Counsel. A copy of an opinion to the underlying lender
on the Eligible Collateral and its successors and assigns from counsel to
the Collateral Obligor on the underlying loan transaction, as applicable,
as to the enforceability of the loan documents governing such transaction
and such other matters as the Agent shall require (including, without
limitation, opinions as to due formation and incorporation, authority,
choice of law and perfection of security interests).
|
|||
(viii)
|
Additional Real Property
Matters. To the extent obtained by the Borrower from the
Collateral Obligor relating to any item of Eligible Collateral at the
origination of the underlying loan or equity interest relating thereto,
the Borrower shall have delivered to the Agent such other real estate
related certificates and documentation as may have been requested by the
Agent pursuant to the terms of this Agreement, such as reports or
certificates on title or other information in connection with the relevant
real property.
|
|||
(ix)
|
Eligible
Collateral. In the case of Eligible Collateral which
represents a participation interest in a Mortgage Loan, in addition to the
delivery of the items in paragraphs (vi) and (vii) of Clause 5.2, the
Agent shall have received all documentation specified in paragraphs (i)
and (v) of Clause 5.2 as if the underlying mortgage loan were the direct
Collateral to the extent the Borrower possesses such documentation or has
access to such documentation because it was provided to the related lead
lender and made available to the Borrower and, in addition, all documents
evidencing the Eligible Collateral, including, but not limited to, an
original participation certificate and the related participation
agreement.
|
|||
(x)
|
B Notes, Mezzanine Notes, and
Preferred Equity Interests. In the case of a B Note, or Mezzanine
Loan or Preferred Equity Interest, the Agent shall have received all
documentation specified herein as if the underlying loan were the direct
item of Collateral and, in addition, all documentation evidencing or
otherwise relating to such B Note, Mezzanine Loan or Preferred Equity
Interest, as applicable.
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(xi)
|
CMBS. In the case of
CMBS, the Agent shall have received (a) a copy of the applicable servicing
agreement, trust deed, participation agreement or similar document
governing the issuance and administration of the CMBS; (b) a copy of any
new issue asset summary books; (c) copy of the applicable prospectus or
offering memorandum; (d) to the extent that the CMBS is certificated, an
original of the relevant certificate duly endorsed in blank to the
Security Trustee; (e) to the extent that the CMBS is not certificated, all
documents requested by the Agent to confirm that the CMBS is being held in
an appropriate security account or such other evidence of confirmation of
the sale to the Agent as the Agent shall require; and (f) a copy of
any other agreement or instrument evidencing or otherwise governing the
CMBS.
|
|||
(xii)
|
Other
Documents. The Agent shall have received such other
documents as the Agent or its counsel shall request with respect to each
or any item of Eligible Collateral.
|
|||
5.3
|
Collateral
Approval or Disapproval
|
|||
Following
the date upon which the Borrower satisfied the conditions set out in
Clause 5.2, or has delivered such items or documents fully executed, if
applicable, in final form, the Agent shall either:
|
||||
(a)
|
if
the Collateral Documents with respect to the Collateral or the security
interest to be granted over such Collateral in favour of the Security
Trustee are not reasonably satisfactory in form and substance to the
Agent, notify the Borrower that the Lender has not approved the Proposed
Eligible Collateral; or
|
|||
(b)
|
notify
the Borrower and the Custodian that the Agent has approved the Proposed
Eligible Collateral as Eligible Collateral and such notice shall identify
the documents to be delivered to the Custodian in connection with such
Eligible Collateral pursuant to Clause 5.2 (Final Approval of Proposed
Eligible Collateral) and Part II and Part III of Schedule 2
(Conditions
Precedent) and the party whom the Agent shall designate to record
or register and/or file, as the case may be, any security interest or any
document or agreement evidencing such security interest necessary to
perfect the Security Trustee's security interest in the Eligible
Collateral.
|
|||
The
terms of delivery and filing and/or recordation or registration of such
security interest shall if the Agent and the Security Trustee deem it
necessary to do so be set forth in a separate agreement between the Agent,
the Security Trustee and their designee. The Agent’s failure to
respond to the Borrower within two (2) Business Days shall be deemed to be
a denial of the Borrower’s request that the Agent approve the Proposed
Eligible Collateral, unless the Agent and the Borrower have agreed
otherwise in writing.
|
||||
5.4
|
Procedure
for Loan with Respect to Eligible Collateral
|
|||
Once
the Agent has approved the Eligible Collateral in accordance with Clause
5.3 (Collateral Approval
or Disapproval) above the Borrower may request a Loan hereunder, on
any Business Day during the period from and including the Effective Date
to and including the day falling fifteen (15) Business Days prior to the
Termination Date, by delivering to the Agent, with a
|
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copy to the Security Trustee, a Request for
Borrowing, which request must be received by the Agent prior to 2:00 p.m.,
London time, one (1) Business Day prior to the requested Funding Date
provided that if
the Borrower requests a Loan to be made in Yen, then the Borrower shall
deliver the Request for Borrowing no later than two (2) Business Days
prior to the requested Funding Date.
|
||||
5.5
|
Completion
of Request for Borrowing
|
|||
The
Request for Borrowing shall:
|
||||
(a)
|
attach
a schedule identifying the Eligible Collateral that the Borrower proposes
to grant by way of security to the Security Trustee and to be included in
the Borrowing Base;
|
|||
(b)
|
specify
the Funding Date;
|
|||
(c)
|
specify
the Advance Rate selected by the Borrower, which in no event shall cause:
(i) the Lenders' Net Aggregate Exposure to exceed 80%; and (ii) the
Lenders' Net Exposure for such Loan to exceed 85%;
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(d)
|
specify
the Applicable Margin;
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(e)
|
specify
the account into which the aggregate amount of the Loan will be
transferred;
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(f)
|
specify
the currency and amount of the Loan in order to comply with Clause 6
(Optional
Currencies); and
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(g)
|
attach
a certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower certifying
as to the truth, accuracy and completeness of the above, which certificate
shall specifically include a statement that the Borrower is in compliance
with any requirements of any Governmental Authority and is qualified to do
business in all required jurisdictions.
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Contemporaneously
with the delivery of Request for Borrowing the Borrower shall deliver to
the Agent, with a copy to the Custodian, a Custodial Identification
Certificate along with the accompanying Collateral Schedule with respect
to all proposed Eligible Collateral. In the event the Borrower
revokes the Request for Borrowing delivered to the Agent, the Borrower
shall be liable to pay, no later than one (1) Business Day after written
request from the Agent, and hereby agrees to indemnify and hold the Agent
and the Lenders harmless from and against, all losses, costs and expenses
incurred by the Agent or the Lenders in connection with the revocation of
such Request for Borrowing.
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5.6
|
Delivery
of Collateral Files and Finance Documents.
|
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In
connection with the approval of the Eligible Collateral and the delivery
of a Request for Borrowing the Borrower shall comply with the following
requirements,
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(a)
|
The
Borrower shall deliver the Collateral Files in the following
manner:
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(i)
|
in
the case of Eligible Collateral that is not Table Funded Eligible
Collateral, the Borrower shall deliver to the Custodian no later than 3:00
p.m., London time, two (2) Business Days prior to the Funding Date all
fully executed original or
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copy
documents and instruments required by the Agent to comprise the Collateral
File; and
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(ii)
|
in
the case of Table Funded Eligible Collateral, the Borrower shall deliver
to the Custodian no later than three (3) Business Days after the Funding
Date all fully executed original or copy documents and instruments
required by the Agent to comprise the Collateral File.
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(b)
|
No
later than 5:00 p.m., London time, one (1) Business Day prior to each
Funding Date, the Borrower shall provide the Custodian with a final
Custodial Identification Certificate and related Collateral Schedule with
respect to the Eligible Collateral, indicating any changes, if any, from
the Custodial Identification Certificate and related Collateral Schedule
heretofore delivered to the Agent and the Custodian pursuant to Clause 5.5
(Completion of Request
for Borrowing) above.
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(c)
|
If
the Borrower shall deliver the Request for a Borrowing pursuant to Clause
5.4 (Procedure for Loan
with respect to Eligible Collateral) and all
conditions precedent set forth in Clauses 5.1 (Preliminary Approval of
Eligible Collateral), 5.2 (Final Approval of Proposed
Eligible Collateral), 5.3 (Collateral Approval or
Disapproval), 5.4 (Procedure for Loan with
respect to Eligible Collateral) and Parts I and II of Schedule 2
(Conditions
Precedent) have been met, and provided no Default or Event of
Default shall have occurred and be continuing, the Agent shall advise the
Lender(s) and the Lender(s) shall make a Loan to the Borrower on the
Funding Date, in the amount so requested and approved by the
Agent.
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(d)
|
Subject
to the satisfaction of the conditions set out in this Clause 5 and to the
provisions of Schedule 2 Parts I and II, a Loan will be made available to
the Borrower on the Funding Date by no later then 3:00 p.m., London time,
on such date, and the funds comprised in such Loan will then be made
available to the Borrower by the Lender transferring, via wire transfer,
to the relevant account identified by the Borrower in the related Request
for Borrowing in the aggregate amount of such Loan in funds immediately
available to the Borrower. The Agent may consider on a
case-by-case basis in its sole and absolute discretion, alternative
funding arrangements requested by the Borrower.
|
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(e)
|
From
time to time, the Borrower shall forward to the Custodian additional
original documents or additional documents evidencing any: (i) assumption,
modification, consolidation or extension of a Collateral Loan Document
comprising a portion of the Collateral; or (ii) any amendment to the
operative documents with respect to Other Approved Collateral, in each
case approved by the Agent in accordance with the terms of this Agreement
and upon receipt of any such other documents, the Custodian shall hold
such other documents as the Agent shall request from time to
time.
|
|
(f)
|
With
respect to any documents which have been delivered or are being delivered
to recording or registration offices for recording or registration and
have not been returned to the Borrower in time to permit their delivery
hereunder at the time required, in lieu of delivering such original
documents, the Borrower shall deliver to
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the
Custodian a true copy thereof with a certificate of a Responsible Officer
of the Borrower certifying that such copy is a true, correct and complete
copy of the original, which has been transmitted for
recordation. The Borrower shall deliver such original documents
to the Custodian promptly when they are received.
|
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(g)
|
Notwithstanding
anything in this Agreement to the contrary, if the Borrower proposes that
Other Approved Collateral should serve as the Collateral for a Loan, then
the procedure for the approval of such Other Approved Collateral, shall
follow, mutatis
mutandis, the procedures described in Clauses 5.1 (Preliminary Approval of
Eligible Collateral), 5.2 (Final Approval of Proposed
Eligible Collateral), 5.3 (Collateral Approval or
Disapproval), paragraphs (a) - (d), (f) and (g) of this Clause 5.6
and such other procedures including those set out in Schedule 2 Part III
as the Agent shall in its sole discretion require.
|
|
5.7
|
Lenders'
participation
|
|
(a)
|
If
the conditions set out in this Agreement have been met, each Lender shall
make its participation in each Loan available by the Funding Date through
its Facility Office.
|
|
(b)
|
The
amount of each Lender's participation in each Loan will be equal to the
proportion borne by its Available Credit to the Total Maximum Credit
immediately prior to making the Loan.
|
|
(c)
|
The
Agent shall determine the Base Currency Amount of each Loan which is to be
made in an Optional Currency and shall notify each Lender of the amount,
currency and the Base Currency Amount of each Loan and the amount of its
participation in that Loan, in each case on or about 11:00 am London
time.
|
|
6.
|
OPTIONAL
CURRENCIES
|
|
6.1
|
Selection
of currency
|
|
The
Borrower shall select the currency and amount of a loan in a Request for
Borrowing.
|
||
6.2
|
Currency
and amount
|
|
The
currency specified in a Request for Borrowing shall be any Optional
Currency but not dollars.
|
||
6.3
|
Unavailability
of a currency
|
|
If
on the Funding Date:
|
||
(a)
|
a
Lender notifies the Agent that the Optional Currency requested is not
readily available to it in the amount required; or
|
|
(b)
|
a
Lender notifies the Agent that compliance with its obligation to
participate in a Loan in the proposed Optional Currency would contravene a
law or regulation applicable to it,
|
|
the
Agent will give notice to the Borrower to that effect on the Funding
Date. In this event, any Lender that gives notice pursuant to
this Clause 6.3 will be required to participate in the Loan in the Base
Currency, Yen, sterling or euros as the relevant Lender may select in an
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amount
equal to that Lender's proportionate amount of the proposed Loan converted
to the selected currency at the Agent's Spot Rate of Exchange for the
purchase of the requested optional currency at or around 11:00 am (London
time) on the relevant Funding Date. Such Lender's participation
will be treated as a separate Loan denominated in the Base Currency, Yen,
sterling or euros as the Lender may indicate during the relevant Interest
Period.
|
||
6.4
|
Participation
in a Loan
|
|
Each
Lender's participation in a Loan will be determined in accordance with
paragraph (b) of Clause 5.7 (Lenders'
participation).
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SECTION
4
REPAYMENT,
PRE-PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION,
MANDATORY
REPAYMENT OR PLEDGE
7.
|
REPAYMENT
|
||
The
Borrower shall repay the aggregate outstanding principal amount of the
Loans and all accrued and unpaid interest thereon on the Termination
Date.
|
|||
8.
|
REPAYMENT,
PRE-PAYMENT AND CANCELLATION
|
||
8.1
|
Illegality
|
||
If,
at any time, it is or will become unlawful in any applicable jurisdiction
for a Lender to perform any of its obligations as contemplated by this
Agreement or to fund or maintain its participation in any
Loan:
|
|||
(a)
|
the
Lender shall promptly notify the Agent upon becoming aware of that
event;
|
||
(b)
|
upon
the Agent notifying the Borrower, the relevant Loan of that Lender will be
immediately cancelled; and
|
||
(c)
|
the
Borrower shall repay that Lender's participation in the relevant Loan made
to the Borrower on the date specified by the Lender in the notice
delivered to the Agent (being no earlier than the last day of any
applicable grace period permitted by law).
|
||
8.2
|
Voluntary
pre-payment of Loans
|
||
The
Borrower may, if it gives the Agent not less than two (2) Business Days'
(or such shorter period as the Majority Lenders may agree) prior notice,
prepay the whole or any part of a Loan (but, if in part, being an amount
that reduces the Base Currency Amount of such Loan by a minimum amount of
$100,000), provided
that any such pre-payment shall be accompanied by an amount
representing any accrued but unpaid amounts due under the Finance
Documents, and the Exit Fee, if applicable.
|
|||
8.3
|
Mandatory
Pre-Payment or granting of further security to the Security
Trustee
|
||
(a)
|
Pre-Payment
or granting of further security on Borrowing Base
Deficiency
|
||
The
Agent may determine and re-determine the Borrowing Base on any Business
Day and on as many Business Days as it may elect. If at any
time the Base Currency amount of the aggregate outstanding principal
amount of the Loans exceeds the Borrowing Base (a "Borrowing Base
Deficiency"), as determined by the Agent and notified to the
Borrower on any Business Day, the Borrower shall, not later than one (1)
Business Day after receipt of such notice, either prepay the Loans in part
or in whole or grant to the Security Trustee by way of security for the
Secured Obligations such additional Eligible Collateral (which Eligible
Collateral shall be in all respects acceptable to the Agent in accordance
with the provisions of this Agreement) such that after giving effect to
such pre-payment or the granting of such security that the aggregate
outstanding principal amount of the Loans will not exceed the Borrowing
Base.
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(b)
|
Pre-payment
on event of default relating to the Collateral
|
||
If
at any time under any Collateral Document evidencing Collateral: (i) there
is an "Event of
Default" (as defined in the applicable documents in the Collateral
File), or event with which the giving of notice or lapse of time or both
would become an "Event of
Default" (as defined in the applicable documents in the Collateral
File); or (ii) any representation or warranty made by or on behalf of the
relevant Collateral Obligor becomes false or misleading in any material
respect; or (iii) the relevant Collateral Obligor or person fails to
perform or observe any material covenant or other obligation, the Agent
may, in its sole discretion and without regard to any determination of the
Asset Value of such Collateral, notify the Borrower of such occurrence and
may require that the Asset-Specific Loan Balance related to the relevant
Collateral be prepaid, in whole or in part, in the determination of the
Lender; provided, however, the Borrower may reallocate the Asset-Specific
Loan Balance relating to the relevant Collateral to other Collateral
securing the Loans (if applicable) to the extent consistent with the terms
of this Agreement, and the Borrower shall only be required to prepay that
portion of such Asset-Specific Loan Balance to the extent such
reallocation would cause a Borrowing Base Deficiency. Not later
than one (1) Business Day after the receipt of such notice, the Borrower
shall prepay such portion of the Asset-Specific Loan Balance related to
such Collateral as shall have been required by the Agent. The
Agent may, in its sole discretion, determine and re-determine the amount
to be prepaid irrespective of whether or not any statement of fact
contained in any officer’s certificate delivered pursuant to paragraph (g)
of Clause 5.5 (Completion of Request for
Borrowing) or any representation or warranty of the Borrower set
forth in Clause 17.16 (True and Complete
Disclosure) was true to the Borrower’s actual
knowledge.
|
|||
(c)
|
Pre-payment,
Amortisation
|
||
The
Borrower shall utilise all Principal Receipts in pre-paying the relevant
Loan or Loans related to the Eligible Collateral from which such Principal
Receipts have arisen and in any event shall strictly comply with the
provisions of Clause 19.19 (Remittance of
Pre-payments).
|
|||
(d)
|
Re-payment,
General
|
||
With
respect to any item of Collateral, the Borrower shall pre-pay to the Agent
an amount equal to the amount of casualty or condemnation proceeds (if
any) paid to, or for the benefit of, the Borrower or any Collateral
Obligor in respect of such item of Collateral that is destroyed to the
extent that the Borrower is not required under the underlying collateral
documents with the Collateral Obligor to reserve, escrow, re-advance or
apply such proceeds for the benefit of such Collateral Obligor or the
underlying collateral. So long as no Default or Event of
Default has occurred and is then continuing, such amounts paid to the
Agent shall be applied in reduction of the Asset-Specific Loan Balance
relating to such item of Collateral. Each voluntary pre-payment
received during the continuation of any Default or Event of Default
hereunder shall be applied in accordance with provisions contained in
Clause 15 of the Debenture.
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8.4
|
Right
of repayment and cancellation in relation to a single
Lender
|
||
(a)
|
If:
|
||
(i)
|
any
sum payable to any Lender by the Borrower is required to be increased
under paragraph (c) of Clause 12.2 (Tax
gross-up);
|
||
(ii)
|
any
Lender claims indemnification from the Borrower under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) or
Clause 13.1 (Increased
costs); or
|
||
(iii)
|
any
Lender notifies the Agent of its Additional Cost Rate under paragraph 3 of
Schedule 4 (Mandatory
Cost formulae),
|
||
the
Borrower may, whilst (in the case of paragraphs (i) and (ii) above) the
circumstance giving rise to the requirement or indemnification continues
or, (in the case of paragraph (iii) above) that Additional Cost Rate is
greater than zero, give the Agent notice of cancellation of a Loan of that
Lender and its intention to procure the repayment of that Lender's
participation in the Loans.
|
|||
(b)
|
On
receipt of a notice referred to in paragraph (a) above, the Loan of that
Lender shall immediately be reduced to zero.
|
||
(c)
|
Promptly
after the Borrower has given notice under paragraph (a), the Borrower
shall repay that Lender's participation in that Loan.
|
||
8.5
|
Restrictions
|
||
(a)
|
Any
notice of cancellation or pre-payment given by any Party under this Clause
8 shall be irrevocable and, unless a contrary indication appears in this
Agreement, shall specify the date or dates upon which the relevant
cancellation or pre-payment is to be made and the amount of that
cancellation or pre-payment.
|
||
(b)
|
Any
pre-payment under this Agreement shall be made together with accrued
interest on the amount prepaid and, subject to any Funding Costs (except
in the case of a pre-payment under paragraphs (b) and (d) of Clause 8.3
and paragraph (b) of Clause 10.2 in respect of which the applicable
Funding Costs shall be waived), without premium or penalty, except for all
amounts due under Clause 11 (Fees)
hereof
|
||
(c)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in this Agreement, any part of the Facility
which is prepaid may be re-borrowed in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement.
|
||
(d)
|
The
Borrower shall not repay or prepay all or any part of the Loans or cancel
all or any part of the Total Maximum Credit except at the times and in the
manner expressly provided for in this Agreement.
|
||
(e)
|
No
amount of the Total Maximum Credit cancelled under this Agreement may be
subsequently reinstated.
|
||
(f)
|
So
long as no Default or Event of Default has occurred and is then
continuing, each voluntary pre-payment shall be applied to reduce any
Asset Specific Loan Balance as designated by the Borrower to the Agent in
writing.
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(g)
|
Each
voluntary pre-payment received during the continuation of any Default or
Event of Default hereunder shall be applied in such manner as the Security
Trustee shall determine in its sole and absolute discretion subject always
to the provisions contained in Clause 15 of the Debenture.
|
||
8.6
|
Release
of Security Interest
|
||
Upon
the termination of this Agreement and the repayment by the Borrower or the
Guarantor to Lender of all Loans and the performance of all of the
Obligors' other obligations under the Finance Documents and related
documents in accordance with the Debenture and the discharge in full of
all of the other Secured Obligations the Security Trustee shall release
its security interest in any remaining Collateral.
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SECTION
5
COSTS
OF LOAN
9.
|
INTEREST
|
||
9.1
|
Calculation
of Interest
|
||
The
Agent shall calculate the rate of interest on each Loan for each Interest
Period which will be the percentage rate per annum which is the aggregate
of:
|
|||
(a)
|
the
Applicable Margin;
|
||
(b)
|
LIBOR
or, in relation to any Loan in euro, EURIBOR, plus;
|
||
(c)
|
Mandatory
Costs, if any.
|
||
9.2
|
Payment
of Interest
|
||
On
each relevant Interest Payment Date the Borrower shall pay all accrued and
unpaid interest on each Loan in respect of the preceding Interest
Period.
|
|||
9.3
|
Default
Interest
|
||
(a)
|
If
an Obligor fails to pay any amount payable by it under a Finance Document
on its due date, interest shall accrue on the overdue amount from the due
date up to the date of actual payment (both before and after judgment) at
a rate which, subject to paragraph (b) below, is two per cent higher than
the rate which would have been payable if the overdue amount had, during
the period of non-payment, constituted a Loan in the currency of the
overdue amount for successive Interest Periods, each of a duration
selected by the Agent (acting reasonably) (the "Post Default Rate of
Interest"). Any interest accruing under this Clause 9.3
shall be immediately payable by the Obligor on demand by the
Agent.
|
||
(b)
|
Default
interest (if unpaid) arising on an overdue amount will be compounded with
the overdue amount at the end of each Interest Period applicable to that
overdue amount but will remain immediately due and payable.
|
||
9.4
|
Notification
of rates of interest
|
||
The
Agent shall at the request of a Lender or the Borrower notify the
requesting party of the determination of the rate of interest applicable
to any Interest Period under this Agreement.
|
|||
9.5
|
Non-Business
Days
|
||
If
an Interest Period would otherwise end on a day which is not a Business
Day, that Interest Period will instead end on the next Business Day in
that calendar month (if there is one) or the preceding Business Day (if
there is not).
|
|||
10.
|
CHANGES
TO THE CALCULATION OF INTEREST
|
||
10.1
|
Absence
of quotations
|
||
Subject
to Clause 10.2 (Market
disruption), if LIBOR, or if applicable, EURIBOR is to be
determined by reference to the Reference Banks but a Reference Bank does
not supply a quotation on or about 11:00 am London time on the Quotation
Day, LIBOR, or if applicable,
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EURIBOR
shall be determined on the basis of the quotations of the remaining
Reference Banks.
|
|||
10.2
|
Market
disruption
|
||
(a)
|
If
a Market Disruption Event occurs in relation to a Loan then the Borrower
shall be notified promptly thereof by the Agent and the rate of interest
shall be the sum of:
|
||
(i)
|
the
Applicable Margin;
|
||
(ii)
|
the
rate notified to the Agent by each Lender of such Loan as soon as
practicable and in any event before interest is due to be paid in respect
of the correct Interest Period in respect of such Loan, to be that which
expresses as a percentage rate per annum the cost to that Lender of
funding its participation in that Loan from whatever source it may
reasonably select; and
|
||
(iii)
|
the
Mandatory Cost, if any, applicable to that Lender's participation in a
Loan.
|
||
(b)
|
Promptly
after determination of the rate of interest in relation to a Loan in
accordance with paragraph (a) of Clause 10.2, the Agent shall notify the
Borrower of such rate of interest whereupon the Borrower shall either: (i)
proceed with the Loan at the rate of interest provided for in this
Agreement; (ii) prepay the Loan in relation to which the rate of interest
in paragraph (a) of Clause 10.2 was determined; or (iii) revoke the
Request for Borrowing in relation of which the rate of interest was
determined in paragraph (a) of Clause 10.2.
|
||
(c)
|
In
this Agreement "Market
Disruption Event" means:
|
||
(i)
|
at
11:00 am, London time on the Quotation Day for the relevant Interest
Period the Screen Rate is not available and none or only one of the
Reference Banks supplies a rate to the Agent to determine LIBOR, or if
applicable, EURIBOR for the relevant Interest Period; or
|
||
(ii)
|
the
Lender determines in its discretion that before close of business in
London on the Quotation Day for calculating interest the Agent receives
notifications from a Lender that the cost to it of obtaining matching
deposits in the Relevant Interbank Market would be in excess of LIBOR, or
if applicable, EURIBOR.
|
||
10.3
|
Alternative
basis of interest or funding
|
||
(a)
|
If
a Market Disruption Event occurs and the Agent or the Borrower so
requires, the Agent and the Borrower shall enter into negotiations (for a
period of not more than thirty (30) days) with a view to agreeing to a
substitute basis for determining the rate of interest.
|
||
(b)
|
Any
alternative basis agreed pursuant to paragraph (a) above shall, with the
prior consent of the Agent and the Borrower, be binding on all
Parties.
|
||
(c)
|
During
the period of negotiations set forth in paragraph (a) above the rate of
interest shall be either:
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(i)
|
the
rate of interest on such Loan during the last Interest Period preceding
the Market Disruption Event; or
|
||
(ii)
|
if
no interest rate existed in respect of such Loan prior to the Market
Disruption Event then the rate of interest calculated in accordance with
Clause 10.1 above.
|
||
Following
the determination of the rate of interest in accordance with paragraph (a)
above such rate of interest shall be deemed to be the rate of interest in
respect of such Interest Period, replacing the default rate of interest
stipulated under this paragraph (c) and the amount paid, or overpaid, by
the Borrower to the Agent in respect of the difference between the two
such interest rates, if any, shall forthwith be paid to the Agent or
Borrower as the case may be.
|
|||
11.
|
FEES
|
||
11.1
|
Commitment
Fee
|
||
On
the Effective Date, the Borrower shall pay to the Agent (for the account
of the Lenders) a fee (the "Commitment Fee") in the
Base Currency computed at the rate of 0.35 per cent. of the Total Maximum
Credit as at the Effective Date.
|
|||
11.2
|
Exit
Fee
|
||
(a)
|
Notwithstanding
anything else herein the Borrower shall pay to the Agent an exit fee (the
"Exit Fee") in the
Base Currency in respect of any Collateral released with respect to a Loan
being repaid or pre-paid pursuant to paragraph (a) of Clause 8.2 (Voluntary pre-payment of
Loans) in an amount equal to 0.20 per cent. of the Collateral Value
applicable to such Collateral (the "Exit Fee Related
Collateral"). The Exit Fee contemplated by this Clause
11.2 shall be waived by the Agent in connection with any voluntary or
mandatory pre-payment in whole as a result of a corresponding payment of
amounts of a principal nature arising from the Exit Fee Related Collateral
pursuant to the terms of the Collateral Documents related
thereto.
|
||
(b)
|
In
circumstances where Exit Fee Related Collateral has been released and the
Borrower has duly paid to the Agent the Exit Fee required by paragraph (a)
of this Clause 11.2, the Agent hereby agrees that if a securitisation of
the Exit Fee Related Collateral whose refinancing or proposed refinancing
has given rise to the relevant prepayment or re-payment of such Loan is
not consummated within six (6) calendar months following the date of the
relevant repayment or pre-payment then the Agent will refund to the
Borrower the related Exit Fee on the next succeeding Interest Payment
Date.
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SECTION
6
ADDITIONAL
PAYMENT OBLIGATIONS
12.
|
TAX
GROSS UP AND INDEMNITIES
|
|||
12.1
|
Definitions
|
|||
(a)
|
In
this Agreement:
|
|||
"Codified Banking
Directive" means EU Council Directive 2000/12/EC of 20 March
2000.
|
||||
"Irish Taxes Act" means
the Taxes Consolidation Act, 1997 of the Republic of Ireland, as
amended.
|
||||
"Protected Party" means a
Finance Party, which is or will be subject to any liability, or required
to make any payment, for or on account of Tax in relation to a sum
received or receivable (or any sum deemed for the purposes of Tax to be
received or receivable) under a Finance Document.
|
||||
"Qualifying Lender" means
any of the following persons:
|
||||
(a)
|
the
holder of a licence for the time being in force granted under section 9 of
the Irish Xxxxxxx Xxxx Xxx 0000 or an authorised credit institution under
the terms of EU Council Directive 2000/12/EC of 20 March 2000 which has
duly established a branch in the Republic of Ireland or has made all
necessary notifications to its home state competent authorities required
thereunder in relation to its intention to carry on banking business in
the Republic of Ireland provided in each case it is carrying on a bona
fide banking business in the Republic of Ireland and its Facility Office
is located in the Republic of Ireland; or
|
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(b)
|
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(i)
|
a
person that is resident for the purposes of tax in a member state of the
European Communities (other than the Republic of Ireland) or in a
territory with which the Republic of Ireland has concluded a double
taxation treaty that is in effect (residence for these purposes to be
determined in accordance with the laws of the territory of which the
lender claims to be resident); or
|
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(ii)
|
a
U.S. corporation, provided the U.S. corporation is incorporated in the
U.S. and subject to tax in the U.S. on its worldwide income;
or
|
|||
(iii)
|
a
U.S. LLC, provided the ultimate recipients of the interest are resident in
and under the laws of a country with which the Republic of Ireland has a
double taxation treaty or registered in and under the laws of a member
state of the European Communities (other than the Republic of Ireland) and
the business conducted through the LLC is so structured for market reasons
and not for tax avoidance purposes;
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provided
in each case at (i), (ii) or (iii) the Lender is not carrying on a trade
or business in the Republic of Ireland through an agency or branch with
which the interest paid on the Facility is connected; or
|
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(c)
|
a
Treaty Lender; or
|
|||
(d)
|
a
body corporate which is resident in the Republic of Ireland for the
purposes of Irish tax or which carries on a trade in the Republic of
Ireland through a branch or agency:
|
|||
(i)
|
which
advances money under the Facility in the ordinary course of a trade which
includes the lending of money; and
|
|||
(ii)
|
in
whose hands any interest payable in respect of the Facility is taken into
account in computing the trading income of the company; and
|
|||
(iii)
|
which
has complied with all of the provisions of Section 246(5)(a) of the Irish
Taxes Act, including making the appropriate notifications thereunder to
the Irish Revenue Commissioners and to the relevant Obligor and has not
ceased to be a company to which Section 246(5)(a) applies; or
|
|||
(e)
|
a
qualifying company within the meaning of Section 110 of the Irish Taxes
Act.
|
|||
"Tax Credit" means a
credit against, relief or remission for, or repayment of any
Tax.
|
||||
"Tax Deduction" means a
deduction or withholding for or on account of Tax from a payment under a
Finance Document.
|
||||
"Tax Payment" means
either the increase in a payment made by an Obligor to a Finance Party
under Clause 12.2 (Tax
gross-up) or a payment under Clause 12.3 (Tax
indemnity).
|
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"Treaty Lender" means a
Lender which:
|
||||
(i)
|
is
treated as a resident of a Treaty State for the purposes of a
Treaty;
|
|||
(ii)
|
does
not carry on a business in the Republic of Ireland through a permanent
establishment with which the Lender's commitment under the Facility is
effectively connected; and
|
|||
(iii)
|
has
completed any procedural formalities reasonably available to it to enable
the relevant payment to be made without a Tax deduction.
|
|||
"Treaty State" means a
jurisdiction having a double taxation agreement (a "Treaty") with the
Republic of Ireland which makes provision for full exemption from tax
imposed by the Republic of Ireland on interest.
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(b)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears, in this Clause 12 a reference to
"determines" or "determined" means a reasonable determination made in the
good faith discretion of the person making the determination.
|
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12.2
|
Tax
gross-up
|
|||
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall make all payments to be made by it without any Tax
Deduction, unless a Tax Deduction is required by law.
|
|||
(b)
|
The
Borrower shall promptly upon becoming aware that an Obligor must make a
Tax Deduction (or that there is any change in the rate or the basis of a
Tax Deduction) notify the Agent accordingly. Similarly, a
Lender shall notify the Agent on becoming so aware in respect of a payment
payable to that Lender. If the Agent receives such notification
from a Lender it shall notify each Obligor.
|
|||
(c)
|
If
a Tax Deduction is required by law to be made by an Obligor, the amount of
the payment due from that Obligor shall be increased to an amount which
(after making any Tax Deduction) leaves an amount equal to the payment
which would have been due if no Tax Deduction had been
required.
|
|||
(d)
|
An
Obligor is not required to make an increased payment to a Lender under
paragraph (c) above for a Tax Deduction in respect of tax imposed by the
Republic of Ireland from a payment of interest on a Loan, if on the date
on which the payment falls due the payment could have been made to the
relevant Lender without a Tax Deduction if it was a Qualifying Lender, but
on that date that Lender is not or has ceased to be a Qualifying Lender
other than as a result of any change after the date it became a Lender
under this Agreement in (or in the interpretation, administration, or
application of) any law or Treaty, or any published practice or concession
of any relevant taxing authority;
|
|||
(e)
|
If
an Obligor is required to make a Tax Deduction, that Obligor shall make
that Tax Deduction and any payment required in connection with that Tax
Deduction within the time allowed and in the minimum amount required by
law.
|
|||
(f)
|
Within
thirty (30) days of making either a Tax Deduction or any payment required
in connection with that Tax Deduction, the Obligor making that Tax
Deduction shall deliver to the Agent for the Finance Party entitled to the
payment evidence reasonably satisfactory to that Finance Party that the
Tax Deduction has been made or (as applicable) any appropriate payment
paid to the relevant taxing authority.
|
|||
(g)
|
A
Treaty Lender and each Obligor which makes a payment to which that Treaty
Lender is entitled shall complete all procedural formalities necessary for
that Obligor to obtain authorisation to make that payment without a Tax
Deduction.
|
|||
(h)
|
The
Initial Lender represents to the Borrower that, on the Effective Date, it
is a Qualifying Lender within the meaning of paragraph (b)(ii) of the
definition of Qualifying Lender.
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(i)
|
The
Lender shall promptly notify the Borrower and the Agent in the event that
it ceases to be a Qualifying Lender.
|
|||
12.3
|
Tax
indemnity
|
|||
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall (within three (3) Business Days of demand by the Agent) pay
to a Protected Party an amount equal to the loss, liability or cost which
that Protected Party determines will be or has been (directly or
indirectly) suffered for or on account of Tax by that Protected Party in
respect of a Finance Document.
|
|||
(b)
|
Paragraph
(a) above shall not apply:
|
|||
(i)
|
with
respect to any Tax assessed on a Finance Party:
|
|||
(A)
|
under
the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party is incorporated
or, if different, the jurisdiction (or jurisdictions) in which that
Finance Party is treated as resident for tax purposes; or
|
|||
(B)
|
under
the law of the jurisdiction in which that Finance Party's Facility Office
is located in respect of amounts received or receivable in that
jurisdiction,
|
|||
if
that Tax is imposed on or calculated by reference to the net income
received or receivable (but not any sum deemed to be received or
receivable) by that Finance Party; or
|
||||
(ii)
|
to
the extent a loss, liability or cost:
|
|||
(A)
|
is
compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up);
or
|
|||
(B)
|
would
have been compensated for by an increased payment under Clause 12.2 (Tax gross-up) but was
not so compensated solely because the exclusion in paragraph (d) of Clause
12.2 (Tax
gross-up) applied.
|
|||
(c)
|
A
Protected Party making, or intending to make a claim under paragraph (a)
above shall promptly notify the Agent of the event which will give, or has
given, rise to the claim, following which the Agent shall notify the
Borrower.
|
|||
(d)
|
A
Protected Party shall, on receiving a payment from an Obligor under this
Clause 12.3, notify the Agent.
|
|||
12.4
|
Tax
Credit
|
|||
If
an Obligor makes a Tax Payment and the relevant Finance Party determines
that:
|
||||
(a)
|
a
Tax Credit is attributable either to an increased payment of which that
Tax Payment forms part, or to that Tax Payment; and
|
|||
(b)
|
that
Finance Party has obtained, utilised and retained that Tax
Credit,
|
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the
Finance Party shall pay an amount to the Obligor which that Finance Party
determines will leave it (after that payment) in the same after-Tax
position as it would have been in had the Tax Payment not been required to
be made by the Obligor.
|
||||
12.5
|
Stamp
taxes
|
|||
The
Borrower shall pay and, within three (3) Business Days of demand,
indemnify each Finance Party against any cost, loss or liability that
Finance Party incurs in relation to all stamp duty, registration and other
similar Taxes payable in respect of any Finance Document, except for any
such Taxes payable in connection with any transfer or assignment by any
Lender of the rights, benefits or obligations under this Agreement
(including, without limitation the entry into of a Transfer
Certificate).
|
||||
12.6
|
Value
added tax
|
|||
(a)
|
All
amounts set out, or expressed to be payable under a Finance Document by
any Party to a Finance Party which (in whole or in part) constitute the
consideration for VAT purposes shall be deemed to be exclusive of any VAT
which is chargeable on such supply, and accordingly, subject to paragraph
(c) below, if VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party to
any Party under a Finance Document and payable to the Finance Party, that
Party shall pay to the Finance Party (in addition to and at the same time
as paying the consideration) an amount equal to the amount of the VAT (and
such Finance Party shall promptly provide an appropriate VAT invoice to
such Party).
|
|||
(b)
|
If
VAT is chargeable on any supply made by any Finance Party (the "Supplier") to any other
Finance Party (the "Recipient") under a
Finance Document, and any Party (the "Relevant Party") is
required by the terms of any Finance Document to pay an amount equal to
the consideration for such supply to the Supplier (rather than being
required to reimburse the recipient in respect of that consideration),
such Party shall also pay to the Supplier (in addition to and at the same
time as paying such amount) an amount equal to the amount of such VAT if
payable to the Supplier. The Recipient will promptly pay to the
Relevant Party an amount equal to any credit or repayment from the
relevant tax authority which it reasonably determines relates to the VAT
chargeable on that supply.
|
|||
(c)
|
Where
a Finance Document requires any Party to reimburse a Finance Party for any
costs or expenses, that Party shall also at the same time pay and
indemnify the Finance Party against all VAT incurred by the Finance Party
in respect of the costs or expenses to the extent that the Finance Party
reasonably determines that neither it nor any other member of any group of
which it is a member for VAT purposes is entitled to credit or repayment
from the relevant tax authority in respect of the VAT.
|
|||
13.
|
INCREASED
COSTS
|
|||
13.1
|
Increased
costs
|
|||
(a)
|
Subject
to Clause 13.3 (Exceptions) the
Borrower shall, within five (5) Business Days of a demand by the Agent,
pay for the account of a Finance Party the amount of any Increased Costs
incurred by that Finance Party or any of its Affiliates as a result of
(i)
|
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the
introduction of or any change in (or in the interpretation, administration
or application of) any law or regulation or (ii) compliance with any law
or regulation made after the date of this Agreement.
|
||||
(b)
|
In
this Agreement "Increased
Costs" means:
|
|||
(i)
|
a
reduction in the rate of return from the Facility or on a Finance Party's
(or its Affiliate's) overall capital;
|
|||
(ii)
|
an
additional or increased cost; or
|
|||
(iii)
|
a
reduction of any amount due and payable under any Finance
Document,
|
|||
which
is incurred or suffered by a Finance Party or any of its Affiliates to the
extent that it is attributable to that Finance Party having entered into
its Loan or funding or performing its obligations under any Finance
Document.
|
||||
13.2
|
Increased
cost claims
|
|||
(a)
|
A
Finance Party intending to make a claim pursuant to Clause 13.1 (Increased costs) shall
notify the Agent of the event giving rise to the claim, following which
the Agent shall promptly notify the Borrower.
|
|||
(b)
|
Each
Finance Party shall, as soon as practicable after a demand by the Agent,
provide a certificate confirming the amount of its Increased
Costs.
|
|||
13.3
|
Exceptions
|
|||
(a)
|
Clause
13.1 (Increased
costs) does not apply to the extent any Increased Cost
is:
|
|||
(i)
|
attributable
to a Tax Deduction required by law to be made by an Obligor;
|
|||
(ii)
|
compensated
for by Clause 12.3 (Tax
indemnity) (or would have
been compensated for under Clause 12.3 (Tax indemnity) but was
not so compensated solely because any of the exclusions in paragraph (b)
of Clause 12.3 (Tax
indemnity) applied);
|
|||
(iii)
|
compensated
for by the payment of the Mandatory Cost;
|
|||
(iv)
|
attributable
to the wilful breach by the relevant Finance Party or its Affiliates of
any law or regulation; or
|
|||
(v)
|
attributable
to the implementation or application or compliance with the "International
Convergence of Capital Measurement and Capital Standards, a Revised
Framework" published by the Basel Committee on Banking Supervision in June
2004 in the form existing on the date of this Agreement ("Basel II") or any other
law or regulation which implements Basel II (whether such implication,
application or compliance is by a government, regulator or Finance
Party).
|
|||
(b)
|
In
this Clause 13.3, a reference to a "Tax Deduction" has the
same meaning given to the term in Clause 12.1 (Definitions).
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14.
|
OTHER
INDEMNITIES
|
|||
14.1
|
Currency
indemnity
|
|||
(a)
|
If
any sum due from an Obligor under the Finance Documents (a "Sum"), or any order,
judgment or award given or made in relation to a Sum, has to be converted
from the currency (the "First Currency") in
which that Sum is payable into another currency (the "Second Currency") for
the purpose of:
|
|||
(i)
|
making
or filing a claim or proof against that Obligor;
|
|||
(ii)
|
obtaining
or enforcing an order, judgment or award in relation to any litigation or
arbitration proceedings,
|
|||
that
Obligor shall as an independent obligation, within three (3) Business Days
of demand, indemnify each Finance Party to whom that Sum is due against
any cost, loss or liability arising out of or as a result of the
conversion including any discrepancy between (A) the rate of exchange used
to convert that Sum from the First Currency into the Second Currency and
(B) the rate or rates of exchange available to that person at the time of
its receipt of that Sum.
|
||||
(b)
|
Each
Obligor waives any right it may have in any jurisdiction to pay any amount
under the Finance Documents in a currency or currency unit other than that
in which it is expressed to be payable.
|
|||
15.
|
COSTS
AND EXPENSES
|
|||
15.1
|
Indemnification
and Expenses
|
|||
(a)
|
The
Borrower agrees to hold each Finance Party and their Affiliates and their
officers, directors, employees, agents and advisors (each an "Indemnified Party")
harmless from and indemnify any Indemnified Party against all liabilities,
losses, damages, judgments, costs and expenses of any kind which may be
imposed on, incurred by or asserted against such Indemnified Party
(collectively, the "Costs") relating to or
arising out of this Agreement, and any other Finance Document or any
transaction contemplated hereby or thereby, or any amendment, supplement
or modification of, or any waiver or consent under or in respect of, this
Agreement, or any other Finance Document or any transaction contemplated
hereby or thereby, that, in each case, results from anything other than
any Indemnified Party's gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.
|
|||
(b)
|
Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing in clause 15.1(a) the Borrower
agrees to hold any Indemnified Party harmless and indemnify such
Indemnified Party against all Costs with respect to all Collateral
relating to or arising out of:
|
|||
(i)
|
the
occurrence of a Default;
|
|||
(ii)
|
a
failure by an Obligor to pay any amount due under a Finance Document on
its due date, including without limitation, any cost, loss or ability or
liability arising as a result of Clause 25 (Sharing among the Finance
Parties);
|
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(iii)
|
funding,
or making arrangements to fund, its participation in a Loan requested by
the Borrower in a Request for Borrowing but not made by reason of the
operation of any one or more of the provisions of this Agreement (other
than by reason of default or negligence by that Finance Party
alone);
|
|||
(iv)
|
a
Loan (or part of a Loan) not being prepaid in accordance with a notice of
pre-payment given by the Borrower;
|
|||
(v)
|
in
the case of the Agent, (i) investigating any event which it
reasonably believes is a Default (and a Default then exists),
(ii) acting or relying on any notice, request or instruction which it
reasonably believes to be genuine, correct and appropriately authorised;
and
|
|||
(vi)
|
any
violation or alleged violation of any environmental law, rule or
regulation or any consumer credit laws, including without limitation laws
with respect to unfair or deceptive lending practices, and predatory
lending practices, that, in each case, results from anything other than
such Indemnified Party's gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.
|
|||
(c)
|
In
any suit, proceeding or action brought by an Indemnified Party in
connection with any Collateral for any sum owing thereunder, or to enforce
any provisions of any Collateral Document or Finance Document, the
Borrower will save, indemnify and hold such Indemnified Party harmless
from and against all expense, loss or damage suffered by reason of any
defence, set-off, counterclaim, recoupment or reduction or liability
whatsoever of the account debtor or obligor thereunder, arising out of any
other agreement, indebtedness or liability at any time owing to or in
favour of such account debtor or obligor or its successors from the
Borrower.
|
|||
(d)
|
The
Borrower also agrees to reimburse an Indemnified Party within five (5)
Business Days of when billed by such Indemnified Party for all such
Indemnified Party's costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
enforcement or the preservation of such Indemnified Party's rights under
this Agreement, any other Finance Document or any transaction contemplated
hereby or thereby, including without limitation the reasonable fees and
disbursements of its counsel.
|
|||
15.2
|
Costs
|
|||
The
Borrower agrees to pay within five (5) Business Days of when billed by the
Agent or a Lender all of the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred by
the Agent or such Lender in connection with the development, preparation
and execution of, and any amendment, supplement or modification to, this
Agreement, and the Finance Documents or any other document prepared in
connection herewith or therewith. The Borrower agrees to pay
within five (5) Business Days when billed by a Lender and the Agent all of
the out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred in connection with the
consummation and administration of the transactions contemplated hereby
and thereby including without limitation (i) all the reasonable fees,
disbursements and expenses of counsel to such Lender and the Agent and
(ii) all the due diligence, inspection, testing and review costs and
expenses incurred by such Lender and the Agent with respect to Collateral
under this Agreement, including, but not
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limited
to, those costs and expenses incurred by a Lender or the Agent pursuant to
Clause 15.1 (Indemnification and
Expenses), Clause 33.1 (Servicing) and Clause
33.2 (Periodic Due
Diligence Review) (it being understood and agreed that neither the
Agent nor the Lender has incurred any costs under this Clause 15.2 as
of the date of this Agreement) hereof.
|
||||
16.
|
MITIGATION
BY THE LENDERS
|
|||
16.1
|
Mitigation
|
|||
(a)
|
Each
Finance Party shall, in consultation with the Borrower, take all
reasonable steps to mitigate any circumstances which arise and which would
result in any amount becoming payable under or pursuant to, or cancelled
pursuant to, any of Clause 8.1 (Illegality), Clause 12
(Tax gross up and
indemnities), Clause 13 (Increased Costs) or
paragraph 3 of Schedule 4 (Mandatory Cost
formulae) including (but not limited to) transferring its rights
and obligations under the Finance Documents to another Affiliate or
Facility Office.
|
|||
(b)
|
Paragraph
(a) above does not in any way limit the obligations of any Obligor under
the Finance Documents.
|
|||
16.2
|
Limitation
of liability
|
|||
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall indemnify each Finance Party for all costs and expenses
reasonably incurred by that Finance Party as a result of steps taken by it
under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation).
|
|||
(b)
|
A
Finance Party is not obliged to take any steps under Clause 16.1 (Mitigation) if, in the
opinion of that Finance Party (acting reasonably), to do so might be
prejudicial to it.
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SECTION
7
REPRESENTATIONS,
UNDERTAKINGS AND EVENTS OF DEFAULT
17.
|
REPRESENTATIONS
|
||
The
Borrower makes the representations and warranties set out in this Clause
17 to each Finance Party on the Effective Date and the Repeating
Representations on each day of this Agreement from the Effective Date unto
and including the Termination Date.
|
|||
17.1
|
Status
and Name
|
||
(a)
|
The
Borrower is a corporation, duly incorporated and validly existing under
the law of its jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
||
(b)
|
The
Borrower has the power to own its assets and carry on its business as it
is being conducted.
|
||
(c)
|
On
the Effective Date the exact legal name of the Borrower is AHR Capital MS
Limited.
|
||
(d)
|
On
the Effective Date the Borrower is a wholly owned Subsidiary of the
Guarantor and has no Subsidiaries.
|
||
(e)
|
The
Borrower, as of the date hereof:
|
||
(i)
|
maintains
its registered head office and head office in the Republic of
Ireland;
|
||
(ii)
|
holds
all meetings of its board of directors in the Republic of
Ireland;
|
||
(iii)
|
has
not opened any office or branch outside of the Republic of Ireland;
and
|
||
(iv)
|
has
not knowingly done anything (except to the extent that entering into the
Finance Documents and the performance of their terms cause it to be so
resident) which may result in the Borrower creating an establishment in
another jurisdiction other than the Republic of Ireland.
|
||
(f)
|
(based
on the representations and warranties contained in sub-claues 17.1(e)(i)
to 17.1(e)(iv) inclusive) The Borrower believes that its "centre of main
interests" for the purposes of Council Regulation (EC) No. 1346/2000 of 20
May 2000 is in the Republic of Ireland and that it has no
establishment (for the purposes of such Regulation) other than
in the Republic of Ireland.
|
||
17.2
|
Binding
obligations
|
||
The
obligations expressed to be assumed by the Borrower in each Finance
Document are, subject to the Reservations, legal, valid, binding and
enforceable obligations.
|
|||
17.3
|
Non-conflict
with other obligations
|
||
The
entry into and performance by the Borrower of, and the transactions
contemplated by, the Finance Documents do not and will not conflict
with:
|
|||
(a)
|
any
law or regulation applicable to it;
|
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(b)
|
its
constitutional documents; or
|
||
(c)
|
any
agreement or instrument binding upon it or any of its assets.
|
||
17.4
|
Power
and authority
|
||
The
Borrower has the power to enter into, perform and deliver, and has taken
all necessary action to authorise its entry into, performance and delivery
of, the Finance Documents to which it is a party and the transactions
contemplated by those Finance Documents. No authorisations,
approvals or consents of, and no filings or registrations with, any Governmental
Authority or any securities exchange are necessary for the execution,
delivery or performance by the Borrower of the Finance Documents or for
the legality, validity, or subject to the Reservations, the enforceability
thereof, except for filings, recordings and registrations in respect of
the security created pursuant to the Debenture and any other Finance
Document.
|
|||
17.5
|
Validity
and admissibility in evidence
|
||
All
authorisations required:
|
|||
(a)
|
to
enable the Borrower lawfully to enter into, exercise its rights and comply
with its obligations in the Finance Documents to which it is a party;
and
|
||
(b)
|
to
make the Finance Documents to which the Borrower is a party admissible in
evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation,
|
||
have
been obtained or effected and are in full force and effect.
|
|||
17.6
|
Governing
law and enforcement
|
||
(a)
|
The
relevant choice of English law as the governing law of the Finance
Documents to which the Borrower is a party will be recognised and enforced
in its jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
||
(b)
|
Subject
to the Reservations, any judgment obtained in England in relation to a
Finance Document will be recognised and enforced in the Borrower's
respective jurisdiction of incorporation.
|
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17.7
|
Deduction
of Tax
|
||
The
Borrower is not required to make any deduction for or on account of Tax
from any payment it may make under any Finance Document.
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17.8
|
No
filing or stamp taxes
|
||
Under
the law of the jurisdiction of the Borrower's incorporation it is not
necessary that the Finance Documents be filed, recorded or enrolled with
any court or other authority in that jurisdiction or that any stamp,
registration or similar tax be paid on or in relation to the Finance
Documents or the transactions contemplated by the Finance Documents except
for (a) the delivery to the Companies Registration Office in the Republic
of Ireland within twenty-one (21) days of their creation of the
particulars of the security interests created by the Borrower pursuant to
the Debenture and each other security document entered into by the
Borrower, and (b) the stamping of the original of the Debenture with stamp
duty of €630 and each counterpart thereof and each collateral security
document with €12.50, within thirty (30) days of its
execution.
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17.9
|
No
default
|
||
(a)
|
No
Event of Default and on the date of this Agreement and on any Funding Date
no Default is continuing or might reasonably be expected to result from
the making of any Loan.
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||
(b)
|
No
other event or circumstance is outstanding which constitutes a default
under any other agreement or instrument which is binding on the Borrower
or any of its Subsidiaries or to which its (or any of its Subsidiaries')
assets are subject which might have a Material Adverse
Effect.
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17.10
|
Pari
passu ranking
|
||
The
Borrower's payment obligations under the Finance Documents rank at least
pari passu with
the claims of all its other unsecured and unsubordinated creditors, except
for obligations preferred by law applying to companies
generally.
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17.11
|
Litigation
|
||
There
are no actions, suits, arbitrations, investigations (including, without
limitation, any of the foregoing which are pending or, to the best of its
knowledge, threatened) or other legal or arbitrable proceedings affecting
the Borrower or affecting any of the Collateral of any of them before any
Governmental Authority that: (i) questions or challenges the validity or
enforceability of any the Finance Documents or any action to be taken in
connection with the transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) makes a claim
or claims in an aggregate amount greater than $5,000,000; (iii) which,
individually or in the aggregate, if adversely determined, could
reasonably be likely to have a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) requires
filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission in accordance with the
Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (US) (the "1934 Act") or any rules
thereunder which filing has not been made.
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17.12
|
Taxation
|
||
(a)
|
The
Borrower has duly and punctually paid and discharged all Taxes imposed
upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring
penalties (save to the extent that (i) payment is being contested in good
faith, (ii) it has maintained adequate reserves for those Taxes and (iii)
payment can be lawfully withheld).
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(b)
|
The
Borrower is not materially overdue in the filing of any Tax
returns.
|
||
(c)
|
No
claims are being or are reasonably likely to be asserted against it with
respect to Taxes.
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||
17.13
|
Collateral;
Collateral Security
|
||
(a)
|
The
Borrower has not assigned, pledged, or otherwise conveyed or encumbered
the Eligible Collateral to any other person, and immediately prior to the
granting of security over the Eligible Collateral to the Security Trustee,
the Borrower was the sole owner of the Eligible Collateral and had good
and marketable title thereto, free and clear of all security interests and
other Encumbrances, in each case except for such security interests that
were to be released simultaneously with the security interests which are
to be granted in favour of the Security Trustee to secure the Secured
Obligations. No Eligible Collateral granted by way of security to the
Security Trustee
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under
the Debenture or any other Finance Document was acquired (by purchase or
otherwise) by the Borrower or from one of its Affiliates.
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(b)
|
The
provisions of the Debenture and the other Finance Documents are effective
to create in favour of the Security Trustee a valid security interest in
all right, title and interest of the Borrower in, to and under the
Eligible Collateral.
|
||
17.14
|
Jurisdiction
of Organisation
|
||
On
the Effective Date the Borrower's jurisdiction of incorporation and location of
its registered office is the Republic of Ireland.
|
|||
17.15
|
Location
of Books and Records
|
||
The
location where the Borrower keeps its books and records, including all
computer tapes and records relating to the Collateral, is its registered
office.
|
|||
17.16
|
True
and Complete Disclosure
|
||
The
information, reports, financial statements, exhibits and schedules
furnished in writing by or on behalf of the Borrower to the Agent in
connection with the negotiation, preparation or delivery of this Agreement
and the other Finance Documents or included herein or therein or delivered
pursuant hereto or thereto, when taken as a whole, do not contain any
untrue statement of material fact or omit to state any material fact
necessary to make the statements herein or therein, in light of the
circumstances under which they were made, not misleading. All
written information furnished after the date hereof by or on behalf of the
Borrower to the Agent in connection with this Agreement and the other
Finance Documents and the transactions contemplated hereby and thereby
will be true, complete and accurate in every material respect, or (in the
case of projections) based on reasonable estimates, on the date as of
which such information is stated or certified. There is no fact
known to a Responsible Officer of the Borrower, after due inquiry, that
could reasonably be expected to have a Material Adverse Effect that has
not been disclosed herein, in the other Finance Documents or in a report,
financial statement, exhibit, schedule, disclosure letter or other writing
furnished to the Agent for use in connection with the transactions
contemplated hereby or thereby.
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17.17
|
Defined
Benefit Scheme
|
||
The
Borrower does not maintain a pension scheme in respect of which there is
an unfunded deficit.
|
|||
17.18
|
Business
Affairs
|
||
(a)
|
The
Borrower's business and affairs have at all times been, and will at all
times be, managed, controlled and conducted in its own name as an
identifiable business, separate, independent and identifiable from the
business of the other Obligor or any other person;
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||
(b)
|
The
Borrower's records, books, accounts and minutes have at all times been,
and will continue at all future times to be, maintained separate and
distinct from those of the other Obligor or any other person;
|
||
(c)
|
The
Borrower's assets and liabilities and the funds have at all times been,
and will continue at all future times to be, kept separate and distinct
from the other Obligor or
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any
other person; and it has received, deposited, withdrawn, paid and
disbursed, and will at all future times receive, deposit, withdraw, pay
and disburse, all monies, funds and receivables in the ordinary course of
its business and in a manner separate and distinct from the other Obligor
or any other person;
|
|||
(d)
|
The
Borrower has not paid and will not pay, and is not and will not become
liable for, any debt of the other Obligor or any other person;
and
|
||
(e)
|
That
all dealings and transactions of the Borrower with all other persons have
at all times been and will continue at all times to be at
arms-length.
|
||
17.19
|
Borrower
Irish Tax Requirements
|
||
The
Borrower satisfies the Borrower Irish Tax Requirements.
|
|||
17.20
|
Borrower
Documents
|
||
Other
than the Finance Documents, the Subordinated Loan Agreement (and the
hedging arrangements entered into pursuant to the Subordinated Loan
Agreement the Corporate Services Agreement and the Investment Management
Agreement, the Borrower has not entered into any other agreements or
instruments save for such agreements or instruments as may have been
agreed to in advance of their entry into by the Borrower by the Security
Trustee.
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|||
18.
|
INFORMATION
UNDERTAKINGS
|
||
The
undertakings in this Clause 18 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance
Documents or any Loan is in force.
|
|||
18.1
|
Financial
statements
|
||
The
Borrower shall supply to the Agent in sufficient copies for all the
Lenders:
|
|||
(a)
|
as
soon as available and in any event within forty-five (45) days after the
end of each of the first three quarterly fiscal periods of each fiscal
year of the Borrower, the unaudited balance sheet of the Borrower as at
the end of such period and the related unaudited statement of income and
retained earnings, statement of cash flows and statement of equity for the
Borrower for such period and the portion of the fiscal year through the
end of such period, setting forth in each case in comparative form the
figures for the previous year, accompanied by a certificate of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower, which certificate shall state that
said financial statements fairly present the financial condition and
results of operations of the Borrower in accordance with GAAP,
consistently applied, as at the end of, and for, such period (subject to
normal year-end audit adjustments);
|
||
(b)
|
as
soon as available and in any event within ninety (90) days after the end
of each fiscal year of the Borrower, the balance sheet of the Borrower as
at the end of such fiscal year and the related statement of income and
retained earnings, consolidated statement of cash flows and statement of
equity for the Borrower for such year, setting forth in each case in
comparative form the figures for the previous year, accompanied by an
opinion thereon of independent certified public accountants of
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recognised
national standing, which opinion shall not be qualified as to scope of
audit or going concern and shall state that said financial statements
fairly present the financial condition and results of operations of the
Borrower as at the end of, and for, such fiscal year in accordance with
GAAP, and a certificate of such accountants stating that, in making the
examination necessary for their opinion, they obtained no knowledge,
except as specifically stated, of any Default or Event of
Default;
|
|||
(c)
|
within
fifteen (15) Business Days after the Agent’s request, such other
information regarding the operation of or the Collateral, or the financial
condition, operations, or business of the Borrower as may be reasonably
requested by the Agent, including all business plans prepared by or for
the Borrower; and
|
||
(d)
|
upon
the Agent’s request, a copy of any financial or other report the Borrower
shall receive from any Collateral Obligor
with respect to an item of Collateral within fifteen (15) days after the
Borrower’s receipt thereof.
|
||
18.2
|
Information:
miscellaneous
|
||
The
Borrower shall supply to the Agent (in sufficient copies for all the
Lenders, if the Agent so requests):
|
|||
(a)
|
Promptly,
and in any event within ten (10) ten days after service of process on any
of the following, give to the Agent notice of all litigation, actions,
suits, arbitrations, investigations (including, without limitation, any of
the foregoing which are pending or, to Borrower's knowledge threatened) or
other legal or arbitration proceedings affecting the Borrower or affecting
any of the Property of the Borrower before any Governmental Authority that
(i) questions or challenges the validity or enforceability of any of the
Finance Documents or any action to be taken in connection with the
transactions contemplated hereby; (ii) makes a claim or claims in an
aggregate amount greater than $5,000,000; (iii) which, individually or in
the aggregate, if adversely determined, could be reasonably likely to have
a Material Adverse Effect; or (iv) requires filing with the Securities and
Exchange Commission in accordance with the 1934 Act and any rules
thereunder which filing has not been made; and
|
||
(b)
|
promptly,
such further information regarding the financial condition, business and
operations of the Borrower as any Finance Party (through the Agent) may
reasonably request.
|
||
18.3
|
Notification
of default
|
||
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall notify the Agent of any Default (and the steps, if any,
being taken to remedy it) promptly upon becoming aware of its
occurrence.
|
||
(b)
|
Promptly
upon a request by the Agent (not more than twice annually commencing on
the date of this Agreement), the Borrower shall supply to the Agent a
certificate signed by a Responsible Officer certifying that no Default is
continuing (or if a Default is continuing, specifying the Default and the
steps, if any, being taken to remedy it).
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19.
|
GENERAL
UNDERTAKINGS
|
||
The
undertakings in this Clause 19 remain in force from the date of this
Agreement for so long as any amount is outstanding under the Finance
Documents.
|
|||
19.1
|
Authorisations
|
||
The
Borrower shall promptly:
|
|||
(a)
|
obtain,
comply with and do all that is necessary to maintain in full force and
effect; and
|
||
(b)
|
supply
certified copies to the Agent of,
|
||
any
Authorisation required under any law or regulation of its jurisdiction of
incorporation to enable it to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents and to ensure the legality, validity, enforceability or
admissibility in evidence in its jurisdiction of incorporation of any
Finance Document.
|
|||
19.2
|
Compliance
with laws
|
||
The
Borrower shall comply in all respects with all laws to which it may be
subject, if failure so to comply would have a Material Adverse Effect on
its ability to perform its obligations under the Finance
Documents.
|
|||
19.3
|
Negative
pledge
|
||
Other
than security interests permitted or contemplated pursuant to the terms
hereof the Borrower shall not create or permit to subsist any security
interest over any of its assets.
|
|||
19.4
|
Disposals
|
||
The
Borrower shall not, without the prior written consent of the Agent, enter
into a single transaction or a series of transactions (whether related or
not) and whether voluntary or involuntary to sell, lease, transfer,
exchanged or otherwise dispose of any of or substantially all of its
assets or enter into any agreements having a similar effect.
|
|||
19.5
|
Merger
|
||
The
Borrower shall not enter into any amalgamation, demerger, merger or
corporate reconstruction.
|
|||
19.6
|
Change
of Business
|
||
The
Borrower shall make no substantial change to the general nature of its
business from that carried on at the date of this Agreement.
|
|||
19.7
|
Taxation
|
||
The
Borrower shall duly and punctually pay and discharge all Taxes imposed
upon it or its assets within the time period allowed without incurring
penalties (except to the extent (i) that such payment is being contested
in good faith, (ii) adequate reserves are being maintained for those Taxes
and (iii) where such payment can be lawfully withheld).
|
|||
19.8
|
Loans
and Guarantees
|
||
The
Borrower shall not, save as permitted under the Finance Documents, make
any loans, grant any credit or give any guarantee or indemnity (except as
required under any of the
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Finance
Documents) to or for the benefit of any person or otherwise voluntarily
assume any liability, whether actual or contingent, in respect of any
obligation of any person.
|
|||
19.9
|
Syndication
|
||
At
the cost of the Lenders, the Borrower shall provide reasonable assistance
in the preparation of the Information Memorandum and the primary
syndication of the Facility (including, without limitation, by making
senior management available for the purpose of making presentations to, or
meeting, potential lending institutions) and will comply with all
reasonable requests for information from potential syndicate members prior
to completion of syndication.
|
|||
19.10
|
Existence,
Etc.
|
||
The
Borrower will:
|
|||
(a)
|
comply
with the requirements of all applicable laws, rules, regulations and
orders of Governmental Authorities (including, without limitation, all
environmental laws, all laws with respect to unfair and deceptive lending
practices and predatory lending practices) if failure to comply with such
requirements would be reasonably likely (either individually or in the
aggregate) to have a Material Adverse Effect;
|
||
(b)
|
keep
adequate records and books of account, in which complete entries will be
made in accordance with GAAP consistently applied;
|
||
(c)
|
not
move its registered head office from the address referred to in Clause
17.14 (Jurisdiction of
Organisation) or change its jurisdiction of organisation from the
jurisdiction referred to in Clause 17.14 (Jurisdiction of
Organisation);
|
||
(d)
|
permit
representatives of the Agent, during normal business hours, to examine,
copy and make extracts from its books and records, to inspect any of its
Property or assets, and to discuss its
business and affairs with its officers, all to the extent reasonably
requested by the Agent; and
|
||
(e)
|
not
amend or permit the amendment of its memorandum and articles of
association without the prior written consent of the Security Trustee and
thereafter shall provide the Agent and the Security Trustee with copies of
all amendments to the memorandum and articles of association or other
organisational, constitutional or governing documents of the Borrower
within five (5) Business Days of the date of the subject
amendment.
|
||
19.11
|
No
establishment
|
||
The
Borrower shall not knowingly establish an "establishment" as that term is
used in Article 2(h) of the EU Insolvency Regulation outside of the
Republic of Ireland, except to the extent that entering into the Finance
Documents and the performance of their terms cause it to be resident and
which may result in the Borrower creating an "establishment" as that term
is used in Article 2(h) of the EU Insolvency Regulation.
|
|||
19.12
|
Notices
|
||
The
Borrower shall give notice to the Agent and the Security
Trustee:
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(a)
|
promptly
upon receipt of notice or knowledge of the occurrence of any Default or
Event of Default;
|
||
(b)
|
with
respect to any Eligible Collateral granted by way of security to the
Security Trustee under the Debenture or the other Finance Documents
hereunder, immediately upon receipt of any principal pre-payment (in full
or partial) of such Eligible Collateral including, but not limited to, the
receipt of any condemnation and casualty proceeds;
|
||
(c)
|
with
respect to any Eligible Collateral granted by way of security to the
Security Trustee under the Debenture or the other Finance Documents,
immediately upon receipt of notice or knowledge that the underlying
Encumbered Property has been materially damaged by waste, fire, earthquake
or earth movement, windstorm, flood, tornado or other casualty, or
otherwise damaged so as to affect adversely the Asset Value of such
Eligible Collateral; and
|
||
(d)
|
promptly
upon receipt of notice or knowledge of (i) any default related to any
Collateral; (ii) any security interest (other than the security interests
created by the Debenture or by the other Finance Documents) on, or claim
asserted against, any of the Collateral; or (iii) any event or change in
circumstances which could reasonably be expected to have a Material
Adverse Effect.
|
||
(e)
|
promptly
upon any material change in the market value of any or all of the
Borrower’s assets;
|
||
Each
notice pursuant to this Clause shall be accompanied by a statement of a
Responsible Officer of the Borrower setting forth details of the
occurrence referred to therein and stating what action the Borrower has
taken or proposes to take with respect thereto.
|
|||
19.13
|
Collateral
|
||
The
Borrower shall not acquire any Collateral or other assets save in the
manner contemplated by this Agreement and with the consent of the
Agent. Upon acquiring any such Collateral, the Borrower shall
not amend or permit the amendment of any documents or agreements
pertaining to such Collateral without the prior written consent of the
Agent and the Security Trustee.
|
|||
19.14
|
Reports
|
||
The
Borrower shall provide the Agent with a quarterly report, which report
shall include, among other items, a summary of the Borrower’s delinquency
and loss experience with respect to the Collateral, plus any such
additional reports relating to the Property underlying the Collateral as
the Borrower may have received or is otherwise entitled to receive from
the Servicer or the Collateral Obligor and as reasonably requested by the
Agent.
|
|||
19.15
|
Limitation
on security
|
||
The
Borrower will defend the Collateral against, and will take such other
action as is necessary to remove, any security, security interest or claim
on or to the Collateral, other than the security interests created under
this Agreement, and the Borrower will defend the right, title
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and
interest of the Security Trustee in and to any of the Collateral against
the claims and demands of all persons whomsoever.
|
|||
19.16
|
Lender
Exposure
|
||
The
Lenders' Net Aggregate Exposure shall not be greater than 80% and the
Lenders' Net Exposure shall not be greater than 85%.
|
|||
19.17
|
Servicer;
Servicing Tape
|
||
The
Borrower shall provide to the Agent promptly within ten (10) Business Days
after the end of each month a computer readable file in the form
reasonably requested by the Agent from time to time, on a loan-by-loan
basis and in the aggregate, with respect to the Collateral serviced
hereunder by the Borrower or any Servicer. The Borrower shall
not cause the Collateral to be serviced by any servicer other than a
servicer mutually agreed to by the Agent and the Borrower.
|
|||
19.18
|
No
Adverse Selection
|
||
The
Borrower shall not select the Collateral in a manner so as to adversely
affect the Lenders' interests.
|
|||
19.19
|
Remittance
of Pre-payments
|
||
The
Borrower shall remit or cause to be remitted, with sufficient detail to
enable the Lender to appropriately identify the Eligible Collateral to
which any amount remitted applies, to the Agent on each Business Day all
principal pre-payments (whether full or partial) that the Borrower or the
Servicer has received during the previous Business Day, in an amount equal
to the sum of the Asset-Specific Loan Balances being prepaid.
|
|||
19.20
|
Specific
Covenants of the Borrower
|
||
During
the term of this Agreement and for so long as any amount is outstanding
under any Finance Documents, the Borrower, unless permitted by the Finance
Documents shall not:
|
|||
(a)
|
pay
dividends or make other distributions to its members out of profits
available for distribution and then only in the manner permitted by the
Finance Documents, its memorandum and articles of association and by
applicable laws;
|
||
(b)
|
incur
or permit to subsist any Indebtedness whatsoever other than the
Indebtedness of the Borrower pursuant to the Subordinated Loan Agreement
and, with the prior written consent of the Agent, to hedge its exposure
under the Subordinated Loan Agreement with a third party;
|
||
(c)
|
make
any loans, grant any credit or give any guarantee or indemnity to or for
the benefit of any person or otherwise voluntarily assume any liability,
whether actual or contingent, in respect of any obligation of any other
person;
|
||
(d)
|
be
a member of a VAT Group;
|
||
(e)
|
surrender
any losses to any other company;
|
||
(f)
|
have
any employees or premises or have any subsidiary undertaking within the
meaning of Regulation 4 of the European Communities (Companies Group
Accounts)
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Regulation
1992, as amended, of the Republic of Ireland or become a director of any
company;
|
|||
(g)
|
have
an interest in any bank account other than the Borrower Bank Accounts
unless such account or interest is permitted or contemplated by the
Finance Documents;
|
||
(h)
|
permit
the validity or effectiveness of any of the Security Trustee's security to
be impaired or to be amended, hypothecated, subordinated, terminated or
discharged;
|
||
(i)
|
acquire
any interest in real property.
|
||
(j)
|
engage
in any business or agreements other than:
|
||
(i)
|
acquiring,
holding, managing and disposing of the assets of the Borrower comprised in
the Eligible Collateral;
|
||
(ii)
|
entering
into, exercising its rights and performing its obligations under or
enforcing its rights under the Finance Documents and the other agreements
ancillary thereto or contemplated thereby; or
|
||
(iii)
|
performing
any act incidental to or necessary in connection with any of the
above;
|
||
(k)
|
not
permit or consent to any of the following occurring:
|
||
(i)
|
its
books and records being maintained with or co-mingled with those of any
other person or entity;
|
||
(ii)
|
its
bank accounts and the debts represented thereby being co-mingled with
those of any other person or entity;
|
||
(iii)
|
its
assets or revenues being co-mingled with those of any other person or
entity; or
|
||
(iv)
|
its
business being conducted other than in its own name.
|
||
(l)
|
procure
that, with respect to itself:
|
||
(i)
|
separate
financial statements in relation to its financial affairs are
maintained;
|
||
(ii)
|
all
corporate formalities with respect to its affairs are
observed;
|
||
(iii)
|
separate
stationery, invoices and cheques are used;
|
||
(iv)
|
it
always holds itself out as a separate entity; and
|
||
(v)
|
any
known misunderstandings regarding its separate identity are corrected as
soon as possible.
|
||
19.21
|
Borrower
Irish Tax Requirements
|
||
The
Borrower shall fulfil the Borrower Irish Tax Requirements.
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20.
|
EVENTS
OF DEFAULT
|
||
Each
of the events or circumstances set out in this Clause 20 is an Event of
Default.
|
|||
20.1
|
Non-payment
|
||
(a)
|
The
Borrower shall default in the payment of any principal of or interest on
any Loan when due (whether at stated maturity, upon acceleration or at
mandatory or optional pre-payment or repayment); and
|
||
(b)
|
The
Borrower shall default in the payment of any other amount payable by it
hereunder or under any Finance Document or Finance Document after
notification by the Agent of such default, and such default shall have
continued unremedied for five (5) Business Days.
|
||
20.2
|
Breach
under Guarantee
|
||
Any
of the covenants and/or other obligations of the Guarantor contained in
the Guarantee has been breached.
|
|||
20.3
|
Other
obligations
|
||
An
Obligor does not comply with any provision of the Finance Documents (other
than those referred to in Clause 20.1 (Non-payment) and Clause
20.2 (Breach under
Guarantee); or shall fail to observe or perform any other covenant
or agreement contained in this Agreement or any other Finance Documents
and such failure to observe or perform shall continue for a period of
thirty (30) days (following notice of such default) unless a shorter cure
period is established in any Finance Document, in which event the shorter
cure period shall be applicable.
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20.4
|
Misrepresentation
|
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Any
representation or statement made or deemed to be made by an Obligor in any
Finance Documents or any other document delivered by or on behalf of any
Obligor under or in connection with any Finance Document is or proves to
have been incorrect or misleading in any material respect when made or
deemed to be made or furnished (other than the representations and
warranties set forth in Schedule 11 (Representations and Warranties
Re: Eligible Collateral), which shall be considered solely for the
purpose of determining the Asset Value of the Collateral; unless (i) the
Borrower shall have made any such representations and warranties with
knowledge that they were materially false or misleading at the same time;
or (ii) any such representations and warranties have been determined by
the Agent in its sole discretion to be materially false or misleading on a
regular basis).
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20.5
|
Cross
default
|
||
(a)
|
Any
Indebtedness of any Obligor is not paid when due nor within any originally
applicable grace period.
|
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(b)
|
Any
Indebtedness of any Obligor is declared to be or otherwise becomes due and
payable prior to its specified maturity as a result of an event of default
(however described).
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(c)
|
Any
commitment for any Indebtedness of any Obligor is cancelled or suspended
by a creditor of such Obligor as a result of an event of default (however
described).
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(d)
|
Notwithstanding
anything contained in this Clause 20.5, other than Indebtedness that is MS
Indebtedness, no Event of Default will occur under this Clause 20.5 if the
aggregate amount of such Indebtedness falling within paragraphs (a) to (c)
above is less than $5,000,000 (or its equivalent in any other currency or
currencies).
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20.6
|
Insolvency
|
||
(a)
|
An
Obligor is unable or is deemed to be unable or admits inability to pay its
debts as they fall due or suspends making payments on any of its
debts.
|
||
(b)
|
The
value of the assets of any Obligor is less than its liabilities (taking
into account contingent and prospective liabilities).
|
||
(c)
|
A
moratorium is declared in respect of any indebtedness of any
Obligor.
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||
(d)
|
The
Borrower is unable to pay its debts within the meaning of section 214 of
the Companies Xxx, 0000, as amended, of the Republic of
Ireland.
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(e)
|
Any
corporate action is taken by the Borrower for the suspension of its debts
generally (or any class of them) or for a declaration of a moratorium of
its debt (or any class of it).
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20.7
|
Insolvency
proceedings
|
||
Any
corporate action, legal proceedings or other such procedure or step is
taken in relation to:
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(a)
|
the
suspension of payments, a moratorium of any indebtedness, winding-up,
dissolution, administration, Examinership or reorganisation (by way of
voluntary arrangement, scheme of arrangement or otherwise) of any Obligor
other than a solvent liquidation or reorganisation of any
Obligor;
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(b)
|
a
composition, compromise, assignment or arrangement with any creditor of
any Obligor;
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||
(c)
|
the
appointment of a liquidator, receiver, administrative receiver,
administrator, Examiner, compulsory manager, trustee in bankruptcy or
other similar officer in respect of any Obligor or any of its assets;
or
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(d)
|
enforcement
of any security interest over any assets of any Obligor,
|
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or
any analogous procedure or step is taken in any jurisdiction.
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20.8
|
Creditors'
process
|
||
Any
expropriation, attachment, sequestration, distress or execution affects
any asset or assets and is not discharged within five (5) days in respect
of the Borrower and twenty-one (21) days in respect of the
Guarantor.
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20.9
|
Unlawfulness
|
||
It
is or becomes unlawful for an Obligor to perform any of its obligations
under the Finance Documents.
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20.10
|
Repudiation
|
||
An
Obligor repudiates a Finance Document or evidences an intention to
repudiate a Finance Document.
|
|||
20.11
|
Borrowing
Base Deficiency
|
||
A
Borrowing Base Deficiency shall have occurred and the Borrower shall have
failed to timely cure the same in accordance with the provisions of Clause
8.3 (Mandatory
Pre-Payment).
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20.12
|
Other
Events of Default
|
||
Each
of the following events shall constitute an Event of Default
hereunder:
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(a)
|
final
judgment or judgments for the payment of money in excess of $5,000,000 (or
its equivalent in the currency in which such judgment is rendered) in the
aggregate shall be rendered against any Obligor by one or more courts,
administrative tribunals or other bodies having jurisdiction and the same
shall not be satisfied, discharged (or provision shall not be made for
such discharge) or bonded, or a stay of execution thereof shall not be
procured, within thirty (30) days from the date of entry thereof, and such
Obligor shall not, within said period of thirty (30) days, or such longer
period during which execution of the same shall have been stayed or
bonded, appeal there from and cause the execution thereof to be stayed
during such appeal;
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||
(b)
|
any
Finance Document shall for whatever reason be terminated or cease to be in
full force and effect, or the enforceability thereof shall be contested by
any Obligor unless replacements are entered into by the Finance Parties
prior to such events;
|
||
(c)
|
the
Borrower shall grant, or suffer to exist, any security on any Collateral
except the security contemplated hereby; or the security contemplated
hereby shall cease to be first priority perfected security on the
Collateral in favour of the Security Trustee or shall be security in
favour of any person other than the Security Trustee;
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(d)
|
the
discovery by the Agent of a condition or event which existed at or prior
to the execution hereof and which the Agent, in its sole discretion,
determines materially and adversely effects: (i) the condition
(financial or otherwise) of any Obligor; or (ii) the ability of either any
Obligor or the Finance Parties to fulfil its respective obligations under
the Finance Documents.
|
||
(e)
|
any
materially adverse change in the Property, business, financial condition
or prospects of any of the Obligors shall occur, as determined by the
Agent in its sole discretion, or any other condition shall exist which, in
the Agent's sole discretion, constitutes a material impairment of any
Obligor's ability to perform its obligations under any of the Finance
Documents.
|
||
20.13
|
Acceleration
|
||
On
and at any time after the occurrence of an Event of Default, which is
continuing the Agent may, and shall if so directed by the Majority
Lenders, by notice to the Borrower:
|
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(a)
|
cancel
the Total Maximum Credit;
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(b)
|
declare
that all or part of the Loans, together with accrued interest, and all
other amounts accrued or outstanding under the Finance Documents be
immediately due and payable, whereupon they shall become immediately due
and payable; and/or
|
||
(c)
|
declare
that all or part of the Loans be payable on demand, whereupon they shall
immediately become payable on demand by the Agent on the instructions of
the Majority Lenders.
|
||
20.14
|
Other
Remedies on Event of Default
|
||
(a)
|
On
and any time after an Event of Default which is continuing, the Security
Trustee may, and shall if so directed by the Majority Lenders, by notice
to the Custodian obtain physical possession of the Servicing Records and
other files of the Custodian relating to the Collateral and all documents
relating to the Collateral which are then or may thereafter come in to the
possession of the Agent or any third party acting for the
Borrower.
|
||
(b)
|
If
an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, the Agent may, at its
option, enter into one or more Interest Rate Protection Agreements
covering all or a portion of the Eligible Collateral granted by way of
security to the Security Trustee under the Debenture or the other Finance
Documents, and the Borrower shall be responsible for all damages,
judgments, costs and expenses of any kind which may be imposed on,
incurred by or asserted against the Agent relating to or arising out of
such Interest Rate Protection Agreements, including without limitation any
losses resulting from such Interest Rate Protection
Agreements.
|
||
20.15
|
Proceeds
|
||
If
an Event of Default shall occur and be continuing, (a) all proceeds of
Collateral received by the Borrower consisting of cash, cheques and other
near-cash items shall be held by the Borrower on trust for the Security
Trustee, segregated from other funds of the Borrower, and shall forthwith
upon receipt by the Borrower be turned over to the Security Trustee or as
the Security Trustee may otherwise direct in the exact form received by
the Borrower (duly endorsed by the Borrower to the Agent, if required).
For purposes hereof, proceeds shall include, but not be limited to, all
principal and interest payments, all prepayments and payoffs, insurance
claims, condemnation awards, sale proceeds, real estate owned rents and
any other income and all other amounts received with respect to the
Collateral.
|
|||
20.16
|
No
Duty of the Security Trustee
|
||
The
powers conferred on the Security Trustee hereunder are solely to protect
the Security Trustee’s interests in the Collateral and shall not impose
any duty upon it to exercise any such powers. The Security
Trustee shall be accountable only for amounts that it actually receives as
a result of the exercise of such powers, and neither it nor any of its
officers, directors, employees or agents shall be responsible to the
Borrower for any act or failure to act hereunder, except for its or their
own gross negligence or wilful misconduct.
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SECTION
8
CHANGES
TO PARTIES
21.
|
CHANGES
TO THE LENDERS
|
||
21.1
|
Assignments
and transfers by the Lender
|
||
A
Lender (the "Existing
Lender") may not, except as noted in paragraphs (a) and (b) of this
Clause 21.1, and subject to the consent of the Borrower, assign any of its
rights; or transfer by novation any of its rights and obligations under
this Agreement to any other person (the "New
Lender"). Notwithstanding the aforementioned a Lender
may without the consent of the Borrower:
|
|||
(a)
|
sell
participations to one or more persons in or to all or a portion of its
rights and obligations under this Agreement provided, however, that (i)
the Lender's obligations under this Agreement shall remain unchanged; (ii)
the Lender shall remain solely responsible to the other parties hereto for
the performance of such obligations; and (iii) Borrower shall continue to
deal solely and directly with the Agent in connection with lender's rights
and obligations under and in respect of this Agreement and Finance
Documents. Each participant or New Lender shall be entitled to the
additional compensation and other rights and protections afforded the
Lender under this Agreement to the same extent as the Lender would have
been entitled to receive them with respect to the participation sold to
such participant; and
|
||
(b)
|
assign,
transfer or otherwise convey its rights under this Agreement to an
Affiliate (meeting the definition of Institutional Investor and
Institutional Owner), an Institutional Owner or Institutional Investor any
of which is in the business of making loans similar to the Loans, provided that such
Affiliate, Institutional Investor or Institutional Owner shall execute and
deliver the document required under Clause 21.2 (Conditions of Assignment or
Transfer).
|
||
21.2
|
Conditions
of assignment or transfer
|
||
(a)
|
The
consent of the Borrower required under paragraph (a) of Clause 21.1 (Assignments and Transfers by
the Lender) to an assignment or transfer must not be unreasonably
withheld or delayed.
|
||
(b)
|
An
assignment will only be effective on:
|
||
(i)
|
receipt
by the Agent of written confirmation from the New Lender (in form and
substance satisfactory to the Agent) that the New Lender will assume the
same obligations to the other Finance Parties as it would have been under
if it was an Initial Lender; and
|
||
(ii)
|
performance
by the Agent of all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks
under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to such assignment
to a New Lender, the completion of which the Agent shall promptly notify
to the Existing Lender and the New Lender.
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(c)
|
A
transfer will only be effective if the procedure set out in Clause 21.4
(Procedure for
transfer) is complied with.
|
||
(d)
|
If:
|
||
(i)
|
a
Lender assigns or transfers any of its rights or obligations under the
Finance Documents or changes its Facility Office; and
|
||
(ii)
|
as
a result of circumstances existing at the date the assignment, transfer or
change occurs, the Borrower would be obliged to make a payment to the New
Lender or a Lender acting through its new Facility Office under Clause 12
(Tax gross-up and
indemnities) or Clause 13 (Increased
costs),
|
||
then
the New Lender or a Lender acting through its new Facility Office is only
entitled to receive payment under those Clauses to the same extent as the
Existing Lender or a Lender acting through its previous Facility Office
would have been if the assignment, transfer or change had not
occurred.
|
|||
21.3
|
Limitation
of responsibility of Existing Lenders
|
||
(a)
|
Unless
expressly agreed to the contrary, an Existing Lender makes no
representation or warranty and assumes no responsibility to the Lender
for:
|
||
(i)
|
the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of the
Finance Documents or any other documents;
|
||
(ii)
|
the
financial condition of any Obligor;
|
||
(iii)
|
the
performance and observance by any Obligor of its obligations under the
Finance Documents or any other documents; or
|
||
(iv)
|
the
accuracy of any statements (whether written or oral) made in or in
connection with any Finance Document or any other document,
|
||
and
any representations or warranties implied by law are
excluded.
|
|||
(b)
|
The
Lender confirms to the Existing Lender and the other Finance Parties that
it:
|
||
(i)
|
has
made (and shall continue to make) its own independent investigation and
assessment of the financial condition and affairs of each Obligor and its
related entities in connection with its participation in this Agreement
and has not relied exclusively on any information provided to it by the
Existing Lender in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
||
(ii)
|
will
continue to make its own independent appraisal of the creditworthiness of
each Obligor and its related entities whilst any amount is or may be
outstanding under the Finance Documents or any Loan is in
force.
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(c)
|
Nothing
in any Finance Document obliges an Existing Lender to:
|
||
(i)
|
accept
a re-transfer from a New Lender of any of the rights and obligations
assigned or transferred under this Clause 21; or
|
||
(ii)
|
support
any losses directly or indirectly incurred by the New Lender by reason of
the non-performance by any Obligor of its obligations under the Finance
Documents or otherwise.
|
||
21.4
|
Procedure
for transfer
|
||
(a)
|
Subject
to the conditions set out in Clause 21.2 (Conditions of assignment or
transfer) a transfer is effected in accordance with paragraph (c)
below when the Agent executes an otherwise duly completed Transfer
Certificate delivered to it by the Existing Lender and the New
Lender. The Transfer Certificate shall be substantially in the
form set out at Schedule 5 to this Agreement and shall (i) indicate the
category of Qualifying Lender that the person beneficially entitled to
interest payable to the New Lender in respect of an advance under a
Finance Document is (the "Beneficial Owner"); and
(ii) in the case of a Beneficial Owner that is a Qualifying Lender within
the meaning of paragraph (d) of the definition of Qualifying Lender set
out in Clause 12.1 above, be accompanied by a copy of the notification it
is required to make under Section 246(5)(a) of the Irish Taxes Act to the
Irish Revenue Commissioners and the notification it is required to make
under Section 246(5)(a) of the Irish Taxes Act to the relevant
Obligor. The Agent shall, subject to paragraph (b) below, as
soon as reasonably practicable after receipt by it of a duly completed
Transfer Certificate appearing on its face to comply with the terms of
this Agreement and delivered in accordance with the terms of this
Agreement, execute that Transfer Certificate.
|
||
(b)
|
The
Agent shall only be obliged to execute a Transfer Certificate delivered to
it by the Existing Lender and the New Lender once it is satisfied it has
complied with all necessary "know your customer" or other similar checks
under all applicable laws and regulations in relation to the transfer to
such New Lender.
|
||
(c)
|
On
the Transfer Date:
|
||
(i)
|
to
the extent that in the Transfer Certificate the Existing Lender seeks to
transfer by novation its rights and obligations under the Finance
Documents the Borrower and the Existing Lender shall be released from
further obligations towards one another under the Finance Documents and
their respective rights against one another under the Finance Documents
shall be cancelled (being the "Discharged Rights and
Obligations");
|
||
(ii)
|
the
Borrower and the New Lender shall assume obligations towards one another
and/or acquire rights against one another which differ from the Discharged
Rights and Obligations only insofar as the Borrower and the New Lender
have assumed and/or acquired the same in place of the Borrower and the
Existing Lender;
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(iii)
|
the
Agent, the New Lender and other Lenders shall acquire the same rights and
assume the same obligations between themselves as they would have acquired
and assumed had the New Lender been an Original the Lender with the rights
and/or obligations acquired or assumed by it as a result of the transfer
and to that extent the Agent, and the Existing Lender shall each be
released from further obligations to each other under the Finance
Documents; and
|
||
(iv)
|
the
New Lender shall become a Party as "the Lender".
|
||
21.5
|
Copy
of Transfer Certificate to the Borrower
|
||
The
Agent shall, as soon as reasonably practicable after it has executed a
Transfer Certificate, send to the Borrower a copy of that Transfer
Certificate.
|
|||
21.6
|
Disclosure
of information
|
||
Any
Lender may disclose to any of its Affiliates and any other
person:
|
|||
(a)
|
to
(or through) whom that the Lender assigns or transfers (or may potentially
assign or transfer) all or any of its rights and obligations under this
Agreement;
|
||
(b)
|
with
(or through) whom that the Lender enters into (or may potentially enter
into) any sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under
which payments are to be made by reference to, this Agreement or any
Obligor; or
|
||
(c)
|
to
whom, and to the extent that, information is required to be disclosed by
any applicable law or regulation,
|
||
any
information about any Obligor, and the Finance Documents as that the
Lender shall consider appropriate if, in relation to paragraphs (a) and
(b) above, the person to whom the information is to be given has entered
into a Confidentiality Undertaking.
|
|||
21.7
|
Use
of the Collateral
|
||
Notwithstanding
anything to the contrary contained herein or in any Finance Documents, the
Security Trustee shall have free and unrestricted use of all Collateral
(subject to the provisions of the Finance Documents) and, except as
provided below, nothing in this Agreement shall preclude the Security
Trustee from engaging in repurchase transactions with the Collateral or
otherwise pledging, repledging, transferring, hypothecating, or
rehypothecating the Collateral, on terms, and subject to conditions,
within the Security Trustee's absolute discretion. Nothing
contained in this Agreement shall oblige the Security Trustee to segregate
any Collateral delivered to the Security Trustee by the Borrower; provided
however, the documents evidencing such repurchase transaction or pledge or
hypothecation shall be consistent with the terms of this Agreement and the
other Finance Documents including, but not limited to, the rights of the
Borrower to have the Collateral delivered to the Borrower upon repayment
of all of the Loans.
|
|||
22.
|
CHANGES
TO THE OBLIGORS
|
||
The
Borrower may not assign or otherwise transfer any of its rights or
transfer any of its rights or obligations under the Finance
Documents.
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SECTION
9
THE
FINANCE PARTIES
23.
|
ROLE
OF THE AGENT
|
||
23.1
|
Appointment
of the Agent and the Security Trustee
|
||
(a)
|
Each
other Finance Party appoints the Agent to act as its agent under and in
connection with the Finance Documents.
|
||
(b)
|
Each
other Finance Party authorises the Agent to exercise the rights, powers,
authorities and discretions specifically given to the Agent under or in
connection with the Finance Documents together with any other incidental
rights, powers, authorities and discretions.
|
||
23.2
|
Duties
of the Agent
|
||
(a)
|
The
Agent shall promptly forward to a Party the original or a copy of any
document which is delivered to the Agent for that Party by any other
Party.
|
||
(b)
|
Except
where a Finance Document specifically provides otherwise, the Agent is not
obliged to review or check the adequacy, accuracy or completeness of any
document it forwards to another Party.
|
||
(c)
|
If
the Agent receives notice from a Party referring to this Agreement,
describing a Default and stating that the circumstance described is a
Default, it shall promptly notify the other Finance Parties.
|
||
(d)
|
If
the Agent is aware of the non-payment of any principal, interest,
commitment fee or other fee payable to a Finance Party (other than the
Agent) under this Agreement it shall promptly notify the other Finance
Parties.
|
||
(e)
|
The
Agent's duties under the Finance Documents are solely mechanical and
administrative in nature.
|
||
23.3
|
No
fiduciary duties
|
||
(a)
|
Except
as provided in Clause 23.16 (Deduction from amounts payable
by the Agent) nothing in this Agreement constitutes the Agent as a
trustee or fiduciary of any other person.
|
||
(b)
|
The
Agent shall not be bound to account to any Lender for any sum or the
profit element of any sum received by it for its own account.
|
||
23.4
|
Business
with Affiliates
|
||
The
Agent may accept deposits from, lend money to and generally engage in any
kind of banking or other business with any Obligor or any Affiliate
thereof.
|
|||
23.5
|
Rights
and discretions of the Agent
|
||
(a)
|
The
Agent may rely on:
|
||
(i)
|
any
representation, notice or document believed by it to be genuine, correct
and appropriately authorised; and
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(ii)
|
any
statement made by a director, authorised signatory or employee of any
person regarding any matters which may reasonably be assumed to be within
his knowledge or within his power to verify.
|
||
(b)
|
The
Agent may assume (unless it has received notice to the contrary in its
capacity as agent for the Lenders) that:
|
||
(i)
|
no
Default has occurred (unless it has actual knowledge of a Default arising
under Clause 20.1 (Non-payment));
|
||
(ii)
|
any
right, power, authority or discretion vested in any Party or the Majority
Lenders has not been exercised; and
|
||
(iii)
|
any
notice or request made by the Borrower (other than a Request for
Borrowing) is made on behalf of and with the consent and knowledge of the
Guarantor.
|
||
(c)
|
The
Agent may engage, pay for and rely on the advice or services of any
lawyers, accountants, surveyors or other experts.
|
||
(d)
|
The
Agent may act in relation to the Finance Documents through its personnel
and agents.
|
||
(e)
|
The
Agent may disclose to any other Party any information it reasonably
believes it has received as agent under this Agreement.
|
||
(f)
|
Notwithstanding
any other provision of any Finance Document to the contrary, the Agent is
not obliged to do or omit to do anything if it would or might in its
reasonable opinion constitute a breach of any law or regulation or a
breach of a fiduciary duty or duty of confidentiality.
|
||
23.6
|
Majority
Lenders' instructions
|
||
(a)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, the Agent shall (i)
exercise any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as the
Agent in accordance with any instructions given to it by the Majority
Lenders (or, if so instructed by the Majority Lenders, refrain from
exercising any right, power, authority or discretion vested in it as the
Agent) and (ii) not be liable for any act (or omission) if it acts (or
refrains from taking any action) in accordance with an instruction of the
Majority Lenders.
|
||
(b)
|
Unless
a contrary indication appears in a Finance Document, any instructions
given by the Majority Lenders will be binding on all the Finance
Parties.
|
||
(c)
|
The
Agent may refrain from acting in accordance with the instructions of the
Majority Lenders (or, if appropriate, the Lenders) until it has received
such security as it may require for any cost, loss or liability (together
with any associated VAT) which it may incur in complying with the
instructions.
|
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(d)
|
In
the absence of instructions from the Majority Lenders, (or, if
appropriate, the Lenders) the Agent may act (or refrain from taking
action) as it considers to be in the best interest of the
Lenders.
|
||
(e)
|
The
Agent is not authorised to act on behalf of a Lender (without first
obtaining that Lender's consent) in any legal or arbitration proceedings
relating to any Finance Document.
|
||
23.7
|
Responsibility
for documentation
|
||
The
Agent is not:
|
|||
(a)
|
responsible
for the adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of any information (whether
oral or written) supplied by the Agent, an Obligor or any other person
given in or in connection with any Finance Document or the Information
Memorandum; or
|
||
(b)
|
responsible
for the legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of
any Finance Document or any other agreement, arrangement or document
entered into, made or executed in anticipation of or in connection with
any Finance Document.
|
||
23.8
|
Exclusion
of liability
|
||
(a)
|
Without
limiting paragraph (b) below (and without prejudice to the provisions of
paragraph (e) of Clause 26.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems
etc.), the Agent will not be liable (including without limitation,
for negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever) for any
action taken by it under or in connection with any Finance Document,
unless directly caused by its gross negligence or wilful
misconduct.
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(b)
|
No
Party (other than the Agent) may take any proceedings against any officer,
employee or agent of the Agent in respect of any claim it might have
against the Agent or in respect of any act or omission of any kind by that
officer, employee or agent in relation to any Finance Document and any
officer, employee or agent of the Agent may rely on this Clause subject to
Clause 1.3 (Third Party
Rights) and the provisions of the Third Parties Act.
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(c)
|
The
Agent will not be liable for any delay (or any related consequences) in
crediting an account with an amount required under the Finance Documents
to be paid by the Agent if the Agent has taken all necessary steps as soon
as reasonably practicable to comply with the regulations or operating
procedures of any recognised clearing or settlement system used by the
Agent for that purpose.
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(d)
|
Nothing
in this Agreement shall oblige the Agent to carry out any "know your
customer" or other checks in relation to any person on behalf of any
Lender and each Lender confirms to the Agent that it is solely responsible
for any such checks it is required to carry out and that it may not rely
on any statement in relation to such checks made by the
Agent.
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23.9
|
Lenders'
indemnity to the Agent
|
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Each
Lender shall (in proportion to its share of the Total Maximum Credit or,
if the Total Maximum Credit is then zero, to its share of the Total
Maximum Credit immediately prior to their reduction to zero) indemnify the
Agent, within three Business Days of demand, against any cost, loss or
liability (including, without limitation, for negligence or any other
category of liability whatsoever) incurred by the Agent (otherwise than by
reason of the Agent's gross negligence or wilful misconduct) (or, in the
case of any cost, loss or liability pursuant to Clause 26.9 (Disruption to Payment Systems
etc.) notwithstanding the Agent's negligence, gross negligence, or
any other category of liability whatsoever but not including any claim
based on the fraud of the Agent) in acting as the Agent under the Finance
Documents (unless the Agent has been reimbursed by an Obligor pursuant to
a Finance Document).
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23.10
|
Resignation
of the Agent
|
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(a)
|
The
Agent may resign and appoint one of its Affiliates acting through an
office in the United Kingdom as successor by giving notice to the other
Finance Parties and the Borrower.
|
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(b)
|
Alternatively
the Agent may resign by giving notice to the other Finance Parties and the
Borrower, in which case the Majority Lenders (after consultation with the
Borrower) may appoint a successor agent.
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(c)
|
If
the Majority Lenders have not appointed a successor agent in accordance
with paragraph (b) above within thirty (30) days after notice of
resignation was given, the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower)
may appoint a successor agent (acting through an office in the United
Kingdom).
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(d)
|
The
Agent shall, at its own cost, make available to the successor agent such
documents and records and provide such assistance as the successor agent
may reasonably request for the purposes of performing its functions as the
Agent under the Finance Documents.
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(e)
|
The
Agent's resignation notice shall only take effect upon the appointment of
a successor.
|
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(f)
|
Upon
the appointment of a successor, the retiring Agent shall be discharged
from any further obligation in respect of the Finance Documents but shall
remain entitled to the benefit of this Clause 23. Its successor
and each of the other Parties shall have the same rights and obligations
amongst themselves as they would have had if such successor had been an
original Party.
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(g)
|
After
consultation with the Borrower, the Majority Lenders may, by notice to the
Agent, require it to resign in accordance with paragraph (b)
above. In this event, the Agent shall resign in accordance with
paragraph (b) above.
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23.11
|
Confidentiality
|
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(a)
|
In
acting as agent for the Finance Parties, the Agent shall be regarded as
acting through its agency division which shall be treated as a separate
entity from any other of its divisions or departments.
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(b)
|
If
information is received by another division or department of the Agent, it
may be treated as confidential to that division or department and the
Agent shall not be deemed to have notice of it.
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23.12
|
Relationship
with the Lenders
|
||
(a)
|
The
Agent may treat each Lender as a Lender, entitled to payments under this
Agreement and acting through its Facility Office unless it has received
not less than five (5) Business Days prior notice from that Lender to the
contrary in accordance with the terms of this Agreement.
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(b)
|
Each
Lender shall supply the Agent with any information required by the Agent
in order to calculate the Mandatory Cost in accordance with Schedule 4
(Mandatory Cost
formulae).
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23.13
|
Credit
appraisal by the Lenders
|
||
Without
affecting the responsibility of any Obligor for information supplied by it
or on its behalf in connection with any Finance Document, each Lender
confirms to the Agent that it has been, and will continue to be, solely
responsible for making its own independent appraisal and investigation of
all risks arising under or in connection with any Finance Document
including but not limited to:
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(a)
|
the
financial condition, status and nature of each Obligor;
|
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(b)
|
the
legality, validity, effectiveness, adequacy or enforceability of any
Finance Document and any other agreement, arrangement or document entered
into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any
Finance Document;
|
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(c)
|
whether
that Lender has recourse, and the nature and extent of that recourse,
against any Party or any of its respective assets under or in connection
with any Finance Document, the transactions contemplated by the Finance
Documents or any other agreement, arrangement or document entered into,
made or executed in anticipation of, under or in connection with any
Finance Document; and
|
||
(d)
|
the
adequacy, accuracy and/or completeness of the Information Memorandum and
any other information provided by the Agent, any Party or by any other
person under or in connection with any Finance Document, the transactions
contemplated by the Finance Documents or any other agreement, arrangement
or document entered into, made or executed in anticipation of, under or in
connection with any Finance Document.
|
||
23.14
|
Reference
Banks
|
||
If
a Reference Bank (or, if a Reference Bank is not a Lender, the Lender of
which it is an Affiliate) ceases to be a Lender, the Agent shall (in
consultation with the Borrower) appoint another Lender or an Affiliate of
a Lender to replace that Reference Bank.
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23.15
|
The
Agent's Management Time
|
||
Except
for any amount to be paid to the Agent in respect of any proposed or
actual syndication of a Loan (which amount shall be paid by the Lenders)
any amount payable to the Agent under
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Clause
15 (Costs and
expenses) and Clause 23.9 (Lenders' indemnity to the
Agent) shall include the cost of utilising the Agent's management
time or other resources and will be calculated on the basis of such
reasonable daily or hourly rates as the Agent may agree with the Borrower
and the Lenders, and is in addition to any fee paid or payable to the
Agent under Clause 11 (Fees).
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23.16
|
Deduction
from amounts payable by the Agent
|
||
If
any Party owes an amount to the Agent under the Finance Documents the
Agent may, after giving notice to that Party, deduct an amount not
exceeding that amount from any payment to that Party which the Agent would
otherwise be obliged to make under the Finance Documents and apply the
amount deducted in or towards satisfaction of the amount
owed. For the purposes of the Finance Documents that Party
shall be regarded as having received any amount so deducted.
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23.17
|
The
Security Trustee as trustee
|
||
(a)
|
The
Security Trustee declares that it holds all rights, title and interests
in, to and under those Finance Documents to which it is a party and
expressed to be a trustee (acting as trustee for the Finance Parties), and
all proceeds of the enforcement of such Finance Documents, on trust for
the Finance Parties from time to time. This trust shall remain
in force even if the Security Trustee (in whatever capacity) is at any
time the sole Finance Party.
|
||
(b)
|
The
Security Trustee, in its capacity as trustee or otherwise under any
Finance Document is not liable for any failure:
|
||
(i)
|
to
require the deposit with it of any title deed, any Finance Document; or
any other documents in connection with any Finance Document;
|
||
(ii)
|
in
it (or its solicitors) holding any title deed, any Finance Document or any
other documents in connection with any Finance Document in its own
possession or to take any steps to protect or preserve the same including
permitting the Borrower to retain any such title deeds, any Finance
Documents or any other documents;
|
||
(iii)
|
to
obtain any licence, consent or other authority for the execution,
delivery, validity, legality, adequacy, performance, enforceability or
admissibility in evidence of any such Finance Document;
|
||
(iv)
|
to
effect or ensure registration of or otherwise protect any of the security
created by any such Finance Document by registering the same under the
Land Registration Act 2002 or any other applicable registration laws in
any jurisdiction or otherwise by registering any notice, caution or other
entry prescribed by or pursuant to the provisions of the said Act or
laws;
|
||
(v)
|
to
take or require the Borrower to take any step to render the security
created or purported to be created by or pursuant to any such Finance
Document effective or to secure the creation of any ancillary security
under the laws of any jurisdiction;
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(vi)
|
to
require any further assurances in relation to any such Finance Document;
or
|
||
(vii)
|
to
insure any asset or require any other person to maintain any such
insurance or be responsible for any loss which may be suffered by any
person as a result of the lack, or inadequacy or insufficiency, of any
such insurance.
|
||
(c)
|
The
Security Trustee may accept, without enquiry, any right or title that the
Borrower may (or may purport to) have to any asset which is the subject of
any such Finance Document and shall not be bound or concerned to
investigate or make any enquiry into the right or title of the Borrower to
any such asset or to require the Borrower to remedy any defect in its
right or title to the same.
|
||
(d)
|
Save
as otherwise provided in the Finance Documents, all moneys, which under
the trusts contained in any Finance Document are received by the Security
Trustee in its capacity as trustee or otherwise, may be invested in the
name of, or under the control of, the Security Trustee in any investment
for the time being authorised by English law for the investment by a
trustee of trust money or in any other investments which may be selected
by the Security Trustee. Additionally, the same may be placed
on deposit in the name of, or under the control of, the Security Trustee
at such bank or institution (including the Security Trustee) and upon such
terms as the Agent may think fit.
|
||
(e)
|
Section
1 of the Trustee Act 2000 shall not apply to the duties of the Security
Trustee in relation to the trusts constituted by any Finance
Document. Where there are any inconsistencies between that Act
and the provisions of that Finance Document, the provisions of that
Finance Document shall, to the extent allowed by law, prevail and, in the
case of any inconsistency with that Act, the provisions of that Finance
Document shall constitute a restriction or exclusion for the purposes of
that Act.
|
||
(f)
|
The
perpetuity period for the trusts in this Agreement is 80
years.
|
||
24.
|
CONDUCT
OF BUSINESS BY THE FINANCE PARTIES
|
||
No
provision of this Agreement will:
|
|||
(a)
|
interfere
with the right of any Finance Party to arrange its affairs (tax or
otherwise) in whatever manner it thinks fit;
|
||
(b)
|
oblige
any Finance Party to investigate or claim any credit, relief, remission or
repayment available to it or the extent, order and manner of any claim;
or
|
||
(c)
|
oblige
any Finance Party to disclose any information relating to its affairs (tax
or otherwise) or any computations in respect of Tax.
|
||
25.
|
SHARING
AMONG THE FINANCE PARTIES
|
||
25.1
|
Payments
to Finance Parties
|
||
If
a Finance Party (a "Recovering Finance
Party") receives or recovers any amount from an Obligor other than
in accordance with Clause 26 (Payment mechanics) and
applies that amount to a payment due under the Finance Documents
then:
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(a)
|
the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days, notify
details of the receipt or recovery, to the Agent;
|
||
(b)
|
the
Agent shall determine whether the receipt or recovery is in excess of the
amount the Recovering Finance Party would have been paid had the receipt
or recovery been received or made by the Agent and distributed in
accordance with Clause 26 (Payment mechanics),
without taking account of any Tax which would be imposed on the Agent in
relation to the receipt, recovery or distribution; and
|
||
(c)
|
the
Recovering Finance Party shall, within three (3) Business Days of demand
by the Agent, pay to the Agent an amount (the "Sharing Payment") equal
to such receipt or recovery less any amount which the Agent determines may
be retained by the Recovering Finance Party as its share of any payment to
be made, in accordance with the Debenture.
|
||
25.2
|
Redistribution
of payments
|
||
The
Agent shall treat the Sharing Payment as if it had been paid by the
relevant Obligor and distribute it between the Finance Parties (other than
the Recovering Finance Party) in accordance with the
Debenture.
|
|||
25.3
|
Recovering
Finance Party's rights
|
||
(a)
|
On
a distribution by the Agent under Clause 25.2 (Redistribution of
payments), the Recovering Finance Party will be subrogated to the
rights of the Finance Parties which have shared in the
redistribution.
|
||
(b)
|
If
and to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party is not able to rely on
its rights under paragraph (a) above, the relevant Obligor shall be liable
to the Recovering Finance Party for a debt equal to the Sharing Payment
which is immediately due and payable.
|
||
25.4
|
Reversal
of redistribution
|
||
If
any part of the Sharing Payment received or recovered by a Recovering
Finance Party becomes repayable and is repaid by that Recovering Finance
Party, then:
|
|||
(a)
|
each
Finance Party which has received a share of the relevant Sharing Payment
pursuant to Clause 25.2 (Redistribution of
payments) shall, upon request of the Agent, pay to the Agent for
the account of that Recovering Finance Party an amount equal to the
appropriate part of its share of the Sharing Payment (together with an
amount as is necessary to reimburse that Recovering Finance Party for its
proportion of any interest on the Sharing Payment which that Recovering
Finance Party is required to pay); and
|
||
(b)
|
that
Recovering Finance Party's rights of subrogation in respect of any
reimbursement shall be cancelled and the relevant Obligor will be liable
to the reimbursing Finance Party for the amount so
reimbursed.
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25.5
|
Exceptions
|
||
(a)
|
This
Clause 25 shall not apply to the extent that the Recovering Finance Party
would not, after making any payment pursuant to this Clause, have a valid
and enforceable claim against the relevant Obligor.
|
||
(b)
|
A
Recovering Finance Party is not obliged to share with any other Finance
Party any amount which the Recovering Finance Party has received or
recovered as a result of taking legal or arbitration proceedings,
if:
|
||
(i)
|
it
notified that other Finance Party of the legal or arbitration proceedings;
and
|
||
(ii)
|
that
other Finance Party had an opportunity to participate in those legal or
arbitration proceedings but did not do so as soon as reasonably
practicable having received notice and did not take separate legal or
arbitration proceedings.
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SECTION
10
ADMINISTRATION
26.
|
PAYMENT
MECHANICS
|
|||
26.1
|
Payments
to the Agent
|
|||
(a)
|
On
each date on which an Obligor or a Lender is required to make a payment
under a Finance Document, that Obligor or the Lender shall make the same
available to the Agent (unless a contrary indication appears in a Finance
Document) for value on the due date at the time and in such funds
specified by the Agent as being customary at the time for settlement of
transactions in the relevant currency in the place of
payment.
|
|||
(b)
|
Payment
shall be made to such account in the principal financial centre of the
country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in a principal
financial centre in a Participating Member State or London) with such bank
as the Agent specifies.
|
|||
26.2
|
Distributions
by the Agent
|
|||
Each
payment received by the Agent under the Finance Documents for another
Party shall, subject to Clause 26.3 (Distributions to an
Obligor), Clause 26.4 (Clawback) and
Clause 23.16 (Deduction from amounts payable
by the Agent) be made available by the Agent as soon as practicable
after receipt to the Party entitled to receive payment in accordance with
this Agreement (in the case of a Lender, for the account of its Facility
Office), to such account as that Party may notify to the Agent by not less
than five (5) Business Days' notice with a bank in the principal financial
centre of the country of that currency (or, in relation to euro, in the
principal financial centre of a Participating Member State or
London).
|
||||
26.3
|
Distributions
to an Obligor
|
|||
The
Agent may (with the consent of the Obligor or in accordance with Clause 27
(Set-off)) apply
any amount received by it for that Obligor in or towards payment (on the
date and in the currency and funds of receipt) of any amount due from that
Obligor under the Finance Documents or in or towards purchase of any
amount of any currency to be so applied.
|
||||
26.4
|
Clawback
|
|||
(a)
|
Where
a sum is to be paid to the Agent under the Finance Documents for another
Party, the Agent is not obliged to pay that sum to that other Party (or to
enter into or perform any related exchange contract) until it has been
able to establish to its satisfaction that it has actually received that
sum.
|
|||
(b)
|
If
the Agent pays an amount to another Party and it proves to be the case
that the Agent had not actually received that amount, then the Party to
whom that amount (or the proceeds of any related exchange contract) was
paid by the Agent shall on demand refund the same to the Agent together
with interest on that amount from the date of payment to the date of
receipt by the Agent, calculated by the Agent to reflect its cost of
funds.
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26.5
|
No
set-off by Obligors
|
|||
All
payments to be made by an Obligor under the Finance Documents shall be
calculated and be made without (and free and clear of any deduction for)
set-off or counterclaim.
|
||||
26.6
|
Business
Days
|
|||
(a)
|
Any
payment which is due to be made on a day that is not a Business Day shall
be made on the next Business Day.
|
|||
(b)
|
During
any extension of the due date for payment of any principal or Unpaid Sum
under this Agreement interest is payable on the principal or Unpaid Sum at
the rate payable on the original due date.
|
|||
26.7
|
Currency
of account
|
|||
(a)
|
Subject
to paragraphs (b) to (e) below, the Base Currency is the currency of
account and payment for any sum due from an Obligor under any Finance
Document.
|
|||
(b)
|
A
repayment of a Loan or Unpaid Sum or a part of a Loan or Unpaid Sum shall
be made in the currency in which such Loan or Unpaid Sum is denominated on
the due date.
|
|||
(c)
|
Each
payment of interest shall be made in the currency in which the sum in
respect of which the interest is payable was denominated when that
interest accrued.
|
|||
(d)
|
Each
payment in respect of costs, expenses or Taxes shall be made in the
currency in which the costs, expenses or Taxes are incurred.
|
|||
(e)
|
Any
amount expressed to be payable in a currency other than the Base Currency
shall be paid in that other currency.
|
|||
26.8
|
Change
of currency
|
|||
(a)
|
Unless
otherwise prohibited by law, if more than one currency or currency unit
are at the same time recognised by the central bank of any country as the
lawful currency of that country, then:
|
|||
(i)
|
any
reference in the Finance Documents to, and any obligations arising under
the Finance Documents in, the currency of that country shall be translated
into, or paid in, the currency or currency unit of that country designated
by the Agent (after consultation with the Borrower); and
|
|||
(ii)
|
any
translation from one currency or currency unit to another shall be at the
official rate of exchange recognised by the central bank for the
conversion of that currency or currency unit into the other, rounded up or
down by the Agent (acting reasonably).
|
|||
(b)
|
If
a change in any currency of a country occurs, this Agreement will, to the
extent the Agent (acting reasonably and after consultation with the
Borrower) specifies to be necessary, be amended to comply with any
generally accepted conventions and market practice in the Relevant
Interbank Market and otherwise to reflect the change in
currency.
|
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26.9
|
Disruption
to Payment Systems etc.
|
|||
If
either the Agent determines (in its discretion) that a Disruption Event
has occurred or the Agent is notified by the Borrower that a Disruption
Event has occurred:
|
||||
(a)
|
the
Agent may, and shall if requested to do so by the Borrower, consult with
the Borrower with a view to agreeing with the Borrower such changes to the
operation or administration of the Facility as the Agent may deem
necessary in the circumstances;
|
|||
(b)
|
the
Agent shall not be obliged to consult with the Borrower in relation to any
changes mentioned in paragraph (a) if, in its opinion, it is not
practicable to do so in the circumstances and, in any event, shall have no
obligation to agree to such changes;
|
|||
(c)
|
the
Agent may consult with the Finance Parties in relation to any changes
mentioned in paragraph (a) but shall not be obliged to do so if, in its
opinion, it is not practicable to do so in the circumstances;
|
|||
(d)
|
any
such changes agreed upon by the Agent and the Borrower shall (whether or
not it is finally determined that a Disruption Event has occurred) be
binding upon the Parties as an amendment to (or, as the case may be,
waiver of) the terms of the Finance Documents notwithstanding the
provisions of Clause 32 (Amendments and
Waivers);
|
|||
(e)
|
the
Agent shall not be liable for any damages, costs or losses
whatsoever (including, without limitation for negligence, gross
negligence or any other category of liability whatsoever but not including
any claim based on the fraud of the Agent) arising as a result of its
taking, or failing to take, any actions pursuant to or in connection with
this Clause 26.9; and
|
|||
(f)
|
the
Agent shall notify the Finance Parties of all changes agreed pursuant to
paragraph (d) above.
|
|||
27.
|
SET-OFF
|
|||
In
addition to any rights and remedies of the Lender provided by this
Agreement and by law, the Lender shall have the right, without prior
notice to the Borrower, and such notice being expressly waived by the
Borrower to the extent permitted by applicable law, upon any amount
becoming due and payable by the Borrower hereunder (whether at the stated
maturity, by acceleration or otherwise) to set-off and appropriate and
apply against such amount any and all deposits of the Borrower (general or
special, time or demand, provisional or final), in any currency, and any
other credits, indebtedness or claims, in any currency, in each case
whether direct or indirect, absolute or contingent, matured or unmatured,
at any time held or owing by the Lender or any Affiliate thereof to or for
the credit or the account of the Borrower. The Lender agrees
promptly to notify the Borrower after any such set-off and application
made by the Lender provided that the
failure to give such notice shall not affect the validity of such set-off
and application.
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28.
|
NOTICES
|
|||
28.1
|
Communications
in writing
|
|||
Any
communication to be made under or in connection with the Finance Documents
shall be made in writing and, unless otherwise stated, may be made by fax
or letter.
|
||||
28.2
|
Addresses
|
|||
The
address and fax number (and the department or officer, if any, for whose
attention the communication is to be made) of each Party for any
communication or document to be made or delivered under or in connection
with the Finance Documents is:
|
||||
(a)
|
in
the case of the Borrower, that identified with its name
below;
|
|||
(b)
|
in
the case of each Lender, that notified in writing to the Agent on or prior
to the date on which it becomes a Party;
|
|||
(c)
|
in
the case of the Initial Lender, that identified with its name below;
and
|
|||
(d)
|
in
the case of the Agent, that identified with its name below,
|
|||
or
any substitute address or fax number or department or officer as the Party
may notify to the Agent (or the Agent may notify to the other Parties, if
a change is made by the Agent) by not less than five (5) Business Days'
notice.
|
||||
28.3
|
Delivery
|
|||
(a)
|
Any
communication or document made or delivered by one person to another under
or in connection with the Finance Documents will only be
effective:
|
|||
(i)
|
if
by way of fax, when received in legible form; or
|
|||
(ii)
|
if
by way of letter, when it has been left at the relevant address or five
(5) Business Days after being deposited in the post postage prepaid in an
envelope addressed to it at that address,
|
|||
and,
if a particular department or officer is specified as part of its address
details provided under Clause 28.2 (Addresses), if
addressed to that department or officer.
|
||||
(b)
|
Any
communication or document to be made or delivered to the Agent will be
effective only when actually received by the Agent and then only if it is
expressly marked for the attention of the department or officer identified
with the Agent's signature below (or any substitute department or officer
as the Agent shall specify for this purpose).
|
|||
(c)
|
All
notices from or to an Obligor shall be sent through the
Agent.
|
|||
(d)
|
Any
communication or document made or delivered to the Borrower in accordance
with this Clause will be deemed to have been made or delivered to the
Guarantor.
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28.4
|
Notification
of address and fax number
|
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Promptly
upon receipt of notification of an address and fax number or change of
address or fax number pursuant to Clause 28.2 (Addresses) or changing
its own address or fax number, the Agent shall notify the other
Parties.
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28.5
|
Electronic
communication
|
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(a)
|
Any
communication to be made between the Agent and a Lender under or in
connection with the Finance Documents may be made by electronic mail or
other electronic means, if the Agent and the relevant Lender:
|
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(i)
|
agree
that, unless and until notified to the contrary, this is to be an accepted
form of communication;
|
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(ii)
|
notify
each other in writing of their electronic mail address and/or any other
information required to enable the sending and receipt of information by
that means; and
|
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(iii)
|
notify
each other of any change to their address or any other such information
supplied by them.
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(b)
|
Any
electronic communication made between the Agent and a Lender will be
effective only when actually received in readable form and in the case of
any electronic communication made by a Lender to the Agent only if it is
addressed in such a manner as the Agent shall specify for this
purpose.
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28.6
|
English
language
|
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(a)
|
Any
notice given under or in connection with any Finance Document must be in
English.
|
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(b)
|
All
other documents provided under or in connection with any Finance Document
must be:
|
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(i)
|
in
English; or
|
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(ii)
|
if
not in English, and if so required by the Agent, accompanied by a
certified English translation and, in this case, the English translation
will prevail unless the document is a constitutional, statutory or other
official document.
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29.
|
CALCULATIONS
AND CERTIFICATES
|
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29.1
|
Accounts
|
|||
In
any litigation or arbitration proceedings arising out of or in connection
with a Finance Document, the entries made in the accounts maintained by a
Finance Party are prima
facie evidence of the matters to which they relate.
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29.2
|
Certificates
and Determinations
|
|||
Any
certification or determination by a Finance Party of a rate or amount
under any Finance Document is, in the absence of manifest error,
conclusive evidence of the matters to which it relates.
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29.3
|
Day
count convention
|
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Any
interest, commission or fee accruing under a Finance Document will accrue
from day to day and is calculated on the basis of the actual number of
days elapsed and a year of 360 days or, in any case where the practice in
the Relevant Interbank Market differs, in accordance with that market
practice.
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30.
|
PARTIAL
INVALIDITY
|
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If,
at any time, any provision of the Finance Documents is or becomes illegal,
invalid or unenforceable in any respect under any law of any jurisdiction,
neither the legality, validity or enforceability of the remaining
provisions nor the legality, validity or enforceability of such provision
under the law of any other jurisdiction will in any way be affected or
impaired.
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31.
|
REMEDIES
AND WAIVERS
|
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No
failure to exercise, nor any delay in exercising, on the part of any
Finance Party, any right or remedy under the Finance Documents shall
operate as a waiver, nor shall any single or partial exercise of any right
or remedy prevent any further or other exercise or the exercise of any
other right or remedy. The rights and remedies provided in this
Agreement are cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies
provided by law.
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32.
|
AMENDMENTS
AND WAIVERS
|
|||
32.1
|
Required
consents
|
|||
(a)
|
Subject
to Clause 32.2 (Exceptions) any term of
the Finance Documents may be amended or waived only with the consent of
the Majority Lenders and the Obligors and any such amendment or waiver
will be binding on all Parties.
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(b)
|
The
Agent may effect, on behalf of any Finance Party, any amendment or waiver
permitted by this Clause.
|
|||
32.2
|
Exceptions
|
|||
(a)
|
An
amendment or waiver that has the effect of changing or which relates
to:
|
|||
(i)
|
the
definition of "Majority Lenders" in Clause 1.1 (Definitions);
|
|||
(ii)
|
an
extension to the date of payment of any amount under the Finance
Documents;
|
|||
(iii)
|
a
reduction in the amount of any payment of principal, interest, fees or
commission payable;
|
|||
(iv)
|
an
increase in or an extension of any Loan;
|
|||
(v)
|
a
change to the Borrower or the Guarantor;
|
|||
(vi)
|
any
provision which expressly requires the consent of all Lenders;
or
|
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(vii)
|
Clause
24 (Conduct of Business
by the Finance Parties), Clause 21 (Changes to the Lenders)
or this Clause 32.
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shall
not be made without the prior consent of all the Lenders.
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(b)
|
An
amendment or waiver which relates to the rights or obligations of the
Agent may not be effected without the consent of the Agent.
|
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33.
|
COUNTERPARTS
|
|||
Each
Finance Document may be executed in any number of counterparts, and this
has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on a
single copy of the Finance Document.
|
||||
33.1
|
Servicing
|
|||
(a)
|
The
Borrower covenants to maintain or cause the servicing of the Collateral to
be maintained in conformity with accepted and prudent servicing practices
in the industry for the same type of collateral as the Collateral and in a
manner at least equal in quality to the servicing the Borrower provides
for mortgage loans, mezzanine loans and equity interests which it
owns. In the event that the preceding language is interpreted
as constituting one or more servicing contracts, each such servicing
contract shall terminate automatically upon the earliest of (i) an Event
of Default; or (ii) the transfer of servicing approved by the
Borrower.
|
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(b)
|
If
the Collateral is serviced by the Borrower, (i) the Borrower agrees and
acknowledges that the Security Trustee is the assignee by way of security
of all servicing records, including but not limited to any and all
servicing agreements, files, documents, records, data bases, computer
tapes, copies of computer tapes, proof of insurance coverage, insurance
policies, appraisals, other closing documentation, payment history
records, and any other records relating to or evidencing the servicing of
Collateral (the "Servicing Records"). The
Borrower covenants to safeguard such Servicing Records and to deliver them
promptly to the Lender or its designee (including the Custodian) at the
Security Trustee's request.
|
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(c)
|
If
the Collateral is serviced by a third party servicer (such third party
servicer, "the
Servicer"), the Borrower (i) shall provide a copy of the servicing
agreement to the Security Trustee and the Agent, which shall be in form
and substance acceptable to the Agent, together with all addendums thereto
(collectively, the "Servicing Agreement");
and (ii) shall provide a Servicer Notice to the Servicer substantially in
the form of Schedule 16 (Servicer Notice) (a
"Servicer Notice")
and shall cause the Servicer to acknowledge and agree to the
same. Any successor or assignee of a Servicer shall be approved
in writing by the Agent and shall acknowledge and agree to a Servicer
Notice prior to such successor’s assumption of servicing obligations with
respect to any or all of the Collateral.
|
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(d)
|
If
the servicer of the Collateral is the Borrower or the Servicer is an
Affiliate of the Borrower, the Borrower shall provide to the Agent and the
Security Trustee a letter from the Borrower or the Servicer, as the case
may be, to the effect that upon the occurrence and during the continuance
of an Event of Default, the Security Trustee may terminate any Servicing
Agreement and in any event transfer servicing to the Security Trustee's
designee, at no cost or expense to the Security Trustee, it being agreed
that the Borrower will pay any and all fees required to terminate the
Servicing
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Agreement
and to effectuate the transfer of servicing to the designee of the
Security Trustee.
|
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(e)
|
In
the event the Borrower or its Affiliate is servicing the Collateral, the
Borrower shall permit the Security Trustee and the Agent, upon advance
written notice to the Borrower (unless a Default or Event of Default shall
have occurred and be continuing, in which case no notice shall be
required), from time to time to inspect the Borrower’s or its Affiliate’s
servicing facilities, as the case may be, for the purpose of satisfying
the Security Trustee and the Agent that the Borrower or its Affiliate, as
the case may be, has the ability to service the Collateral as provided in
this Agreement.
|
|||
(f)
|
Irrespective
of whether the Servicer is the Borrower or a third party servicer, the
Borrower undertakes to procure that any monies received in respect of or
derived from the Collateral will be paid forthwith into a Borrower Bank
Account.
|
|||
33.2
|
Periodic
Due Diligence Review
|
|||
The
Borrower acknowledges that the Agent and the Security Trustee has the
right to perform continuing due diligence reviews (a "Due Diligence Review")
with respect to the Collateral and the manner in which they were
originated, for the purposes of verifying compliance with the
representations, warranties and specifications made hereunder, or
otherwise, and the Borrower agrees that upon reasonable (but no less than
five (5) Business Days) prior notice to the Borrower (unless a Default or
Event of Default shall have occurred and be continuing, in which case no
notice shall be required), the Agent and the Security Trustee or its
authorised representatives will be permitted during normal business hours
to examine, inspect, and make copies and extracts of, the Collateral Files
and any and all documents, records, agreements, instruments or information
relating to such Collateral in the possession or under the control of the
Borrower and/or the Custodian. The Borrower also shall make
available to the Agent and the Security Trustee a knowledgeable financial
or accounting officer for the purpose of answering questions respecting
the Collateral Files and the Collateral. Without limiting the
generality of the foregoing, the Borrower acknowledges that the Lenders
may make the Loans to the Borrower based solely upon the information
provided by the Borrower to the Agent and the representations, warranties
and covenants contained herein, and that the Agent, at its option, has the
right at any time to conduct a partial or complete due diligence review on
some or all of the Collateral Files securing the Secured Obligations,
including without limitation ordering new credit reports and new
Appraisals from a valuer and in a form each reasonably acceptable to the
Borrower on the related Encumbered Properties and otherwise re-generating
the information used to originate such Eligible Collateral. The
Agent may underwrite the Eligible Collateral itself or engage a mutually
agreed upon third party underwriter to perform such
underwriting. The Borrower agrees to cooperate with the Agent
and any third party underwriter in connection with such underwriting,
including, but not limited to, providing the Agent and any third party
underwriter with access to any and all documents, records, agreements,
instruments or information relating to the Eligible Collateral in the
possession, or under the control, of the Borrower. The Borrower
further agrees that the Borrower shall reimburse the Agent and the
Security Trustee for any and all out-of-pocket costs and expenses incurred
by the Agent and the Security Trustee in connection with the their
respective activities pursuant to this Clause 33.2. Provided that the
Borrower shall not reimburse the Agent in
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respect
of any Due Diligence Review carried out in respect of the origination of
any item of Collateral, sourced or provided by MS & Co.
|
||||
33.3
|
Disclaimers
|
|||
Each
determination by the Agent of the Asset Value of one or more items of
Eligible Collateral or the communication to the Borrower of any other
information pertaining to Asset Value under this Agreement shall be
subject to the following disclaimers:
|
||||
(a)
|
the
Agent has assumed and relied upon, with the Borrower’s consent and without
independent verification, the accuracy and completeness of the information
provided by the Borrower and reviewed by the Agent. The Agent
has not made any independent inquiry of any aspect of the subject items of
Eligible Collateral or collateral underlying such item of Eligible
Collateral or of the other assets or liabilities or creditworthiness of
any Collateral Obligor. The Agent's view is based on economic,
market and other conditions as in effect on, and the information made
available to the Agent as at, the date of any such determination or
communication of information, and such view may change at any time without
prior notice to the Borrower.
|
|||
(b)
|
Asset
Value determinations and other information provided to the Borrower
constitute a statement of the Agent’s view of the value of one or more
assets at a particular point in time and neither (i) constitute a bid for
a particular trade, (ii) indicate a willingness on the part of the Agent
or any Affiliate thereof to make such a bid, nor (iii) reflect a valuation
for substantially similar assets at the same or another point in time, or
for the same assets at another point in time.
|
|||
(c)
|
Asset
Value determinations and other information provided to the Borrower do not
necessarily reflect the Agent’s internal bookkeeping or theoretical
model-based valuations of the subject items of Eligible Collateral or
substantially similar assets.
|
|||
(d)
|
Asset
Value determinations and other information provided to the Borrower may
vary significantly from valuation determinations and other information
which may be obtained from other sources.
|
|||
(e)
|
Asset
Value determinations and other information provided to the Borrower are
provided for information purposes only in furtherance of the provisions of
this Agreement, and are not an offer to enter into, transfer and assign,
or terminate any transaction.
|
|||
(f)
|
Asset
Value determinations and other information provided to the Borrower are
communicated to the Borrower solely for its use and may not be relied upon
by any other person and may not be disclosed or referred to publicly or to
any third party without the prior written consent of the Agent, which
consent the Agent may withhold or delay in its sole and absolute
discretion.
|
|||
(g)
|
the
Agent makes no representations or warranties with respect to any Asset
Value determinations or other information provided to the Borrower, the
Agent nor the Lender shall be liable for any incidental or consequential
damages arising out of any
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inaccuracy
in such valuation determinations and other information provided to the
Borrower, including as a result of any act of gross negligence or breach
of any warranty.
|
||||
(h)
|
Valuation
indications and other information provided to the Borrower in connection
with Clause 5 (Procedure
for Loans) are only indicative of the Asset Value of the subject
item of Eligible Collateral submitted to the Agent for consideration
thereunder, and may change without notice to the Borrower prior to, or
subsequent to, the pledge by the Borrower of such item of Eligible
Collateral pursuant to Clause 5 (Procedure for
Loans). No indication is provided as to the Agent’s
expectation of the future value of such item of Eligible
Collateral.
|
|||
(i)
|
Valuation
indications and other information provided to the Borrower in connection
Clause 5 (Procedure for
Loans) are to be used by the Borrower for the sole purpose of
determining whether to proceed in accordance with Clause 5 (Procedure for Loans)
and for no other purpose.
|
|||
34.
|
ENTIRE
AGREEMENT
|
|||
This
Agreement and any document referred to in this Agreement constitute the
entire agreement and understanding between the parties relating to the
subject matter of this Agreement and supersede any previous agreements
between the Parties relating to the subject matter of this
Agreement.
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SECTION
11
GOVERNING
LAW AND ENFORCEMENT
35.
|
GOVERNING
LAW
|
|
This
Agreement is governed by English law.
|
||
36.
|
ENFORCEMENT
|
|
36.1
|
Limited
Recourse
|
|
(a)
|
Neither
the Security Trustee or any Secured Party or any of the other parties
hereto (nor any person acting on their behalf) shall be entitled at any
time to institute against the Borrower, or join in any institution against
the Borrower, of any bankruptcy, administration, monitoring,
reorganisation, controlled management, arrangement, insolvency,
examinership, winding up or liquidation proceedings or similar insolvency
proceedings under any applicable bankruptcy or similar law in connection
with any obligation of the Borrower under any Finance Document, save for
lodging claims and exercising voting and all other rights available to
creditors in the liquidation, winding-up, examinership or other insolvency
or reorganisation proceedings of the Borrower which is initiated by
another party or taking proceedings to obtain a declaration or judgment as
to the obligation of the Borrower and provided that the
Security Trustee or any Secured Party or any of the other parties hereto
may appoint a receiver pursuant to the Law of Property Act, 1925 or the
Conveyancing and Law of Property Act, 1881 of Ireland (as applicable) over
any of the Borrower's assets if entitled to do so in accordance with and
pursuant to this Debenture.
|
|
(b)
|
The
Security Trustee each of the Secured Parties and the other parties hereto
hereby agree that they shall have recourse in respect of any claim against
the Borrower only to the assets of the Borrower (provided always that this
clause 36.1(b) shall in no way restrict or diminish the rights of a
Finance Party under the Guarantee which shall remain in full force and
effect notwithstanding that the recourse against the Borrower hereunder is
so limited). In furtherance of the foregoing sentence, no recourse shall
be had for the payment or performance of any obligation or liability
hereunder or under any Finance Document or any claim based thereon against
any director, officer or independent contractor of the Borrower except in
the case of gross negligence or fraud on the part of such a person or in
the event of statutory liability arising as a result of breach of law by
that person.
|
|
36.2
|
Jurisdiction
|
|
(a)
|
The
courts of England have non-exclusive jurisdiction to settle any dispute
arising out of or in connection with this Agreement (including a dispute
regarding the existence, validity or termination of this Agreement) (a
"Dispute").
|
|
(b)
|
The
Parties agree that the courts of England are the most appropriate and
convenient courts to settle Disputes and accordingly no Party will argue
to the contrary.
|
|
(c)
|
This
Clause 36.12 is for the benefit of the Finance Parties only. As
a result, no Finance Party shall be prevented from taking proceedings
relating to a Dispute in any
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other
courts with jurisdiction. To the extent allowed by law, the
Finance Parties may take concurrent proceedings in any number of
jurisdictions.
|
||
36.3
|
Service
of process
|
|
Without
prejudice to any other mode of service allowed under any relevant law,
each Obligor (other than an Obligor incorporated in England and
Wales):
|
||
(a)
|
irrevocably
appoints Xxxxxxxxxxx & Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, (Attention:
Xxxxxx Xxxxxxxx) counsel to the Borrower and Guarantor as its agent for
service of process in relation to any proceedings before the English
courts in connection with any Finance Document; and
|
|
(b)
|
agrees
that failure by an agent for service of process to notify the relevant
Obligor of the process will not invalidate the proceedings
concerned.
|
This
Agreement has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
Agreement.
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SCHEDULE
1
THE PARTIES
Part
I
The
Obligors
Name
of Borrower
|
Registration
number (or equivalent, if any)
|
AHR
CAPITAL MS LIMITED
|
411989
(IRELAND)
|
Name
of Guarantor
|
Registration
number (or equivalent, if any)
|
ANTHRACITE
CAPITAL, INC.
|
N/A
|
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Part
II
The
Lenders
Maximum
Credit
|
|
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
|
$0.00
|
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC.
|
$300,000,000
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SCHEDULE
2
CONDITIONS PRECEDENT
Part
I
Conditions
precedent to First Loan under this Agreement
1.
|
Obligors
|
|||
(a)
|
The
Finance Documents, duly executed and delivered by each relevant
Obligor.
|
|||
(b)
|
A
copy of the constitutional documents of each Obligor.
|
|||
(c)
|
A
copy of a resolution of the board of directors of each
Obligor:
|
|||
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
|
|||
(ii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party on its behalf; and
|
|||
(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all
documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Request for Borrowing)
to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Finance Documents to which it is a party.
|
|||
(d)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (b) above.
|
|||
(e)
|
A
certificate of each Obligor (signed by an officer of each Obligor)
confirming that borrowing or guaranteeing, as appropriate, the Total
Maximum Credit would not cause any borrowing, guaranteeing or similar
limit binding on such Obligor to be exceeded.
|
|||
(f)
|
A
certificate of an authorised signatory of each relevant Obligor certifying
that each copy document relating to it specified in this Schedule 2 is
correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier
than the date of this Agreement.
|
|||
2.
|
Legal
opinions
|
|||
(a)
|
A
legal opinion of Dechert LLP, legal advisers to the Borrower in England,
substantially in the form distributed prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
|||
(b)
|
If
an Obligor is incorporated in a jurisdiction other than England and Wales,
a legal opinion of the legal advisers to such Obligor in the relevant
jurisdiction, substantially in the form distributed prior to signing this
Agreement.
|
|||
3.
|
Other
documents and evidence
|
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(a)
|
Evidence
that any agent for service of process referred to in Clause 36.3 (Service of Process), if
not an Obligor, and Clause 32 (Service of Process) of
the Debenture has accepted its appointment.
|
|||
(b)
|
A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance
which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified
the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and
performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or
for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
|
|||
(c)
|
Evidence
that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to
Clause 11 (Fees)
and Clause 15 (Costs and
expenses) have been paid or will be paid by the first Funding
Date.
|
|||
(d)
|
A
Trust Receipt, substantially in the form of Schedule 2 of the Custodial
Agreement, dated the Funding Date, from the Custodian, duly completed,
with a Collateral Schedule and Exception Report attached
thereto;
|
|||
(e)
|
Any
Servicing Agreement, certified as a true, correct and complete copy of the
original, together with a fully executed Servicer Notice and, if the
Servicer is the Borrower or an Affiliate of the Borrower, the letter of
the applicable Servicer consenting to termination of such Servicing
Agreement upon the occurrence and during the continuance of an Event of
Default;
|
|||
(f)
|
Any
documents required to be filed, registered or recorded in order to create,
in favour of the Security Trustee, a perfected, first priority security
interest in the Collateral, subject to no security interest other than
those created under the Finance Documents, shall have been properly
prepared and executed for filing, registration or recording in each office
in each jurisdiction in which such filings, registrations and
recordation's are required to perfect such first priority security
interest;
|
|||
(g)
|
Evidence
of payment of the Commitment Fee as contemplated by Clause 11.1
(Commitment Fee);
and
|
|||
(h)
|
Copies
certified by the Borrower of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any,
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of, and the validity and enforceability of, the Finance
Documents, which consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force
and effect;
|
Part
II
Conditions
precedent to all Loans
(a)
|
Both
immediately prior to the execution of Finance Documents, making of a Loan
and also after giving effect thereto and to the intended use thereof, the
representations and warranties made by the Borrower in this Agreement and
the Schedules thereto and elsewhere in each of the Finance Documents shall
be true, correct and complete on and as of the date of the making of such
Loan in all material respects with the same force and effect as if made on
and as of such date (or, if any such representation
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or
warranty is expressly stated to have been made as of a specific date, as
of such specific date) subject to exceptions thereto shown on a schedule
delivered with the certificate referenced in the following sentence;
provided, however, that the Lender shall have the absolute right to deny
the funding of a Loan as a result of any disclosure in such certificate
rendering any such representations and warranties untrue or incorrect in
any material respect. The Agent shall have received an
officer’s certificate signed by a Responsible Officer of the Borrower
certifying as to the truth, accuracy and completeness of the above, which
certificate shall specifically include a statement that the Borrower is in
compliance with all governmental licenses and authorisations and is
qualified to do business and in good standing in all required
jurisdictions;
|
|||
(b)
|
The
aggregate outstanding principal amount of the proposed Loan together with
each other Loan shall not exceed the Borrowing Base;
|
||
(c)
|
Subject
to the Agent's right to perform one or more Due Diligence Reviews pursuant
to Clause 33.2 (Periodic
Due Diligence Review), the Agent shall have completed its due
diligence review of the Collateral Documents for the proposed Loan and
such other documents, records, agreements, instruments, encumbered
properties or information relating to the Eligible Collateral as the Agent
in its good faith discretion deems appropriate to review and such review
shall be satisfactory to the Agent in its sole good faith
discretion;
|
||
(d)
|
The
Agent shall have received from the Custodian a Collateral Schedule and
Exception Report with such Exceptions (as defined in the Custodial
Agreement) as are acceptable to the Agent in its good faith discretion in
respect of Eligible Collateral to be pledged hereunder on such Business
Day;
|
||
(e)
|
The
Lender shall have received a note of all fees and expenses of counsel to
the Agent and the Lenders as contemplated by Clause 15 (Costs and Expenses)
which amount, at the Agent and the Lenders' option, may be netted from any
Loan advanced under this Agreement;
|
||
(f)
|
None
of the following shall have occurred and/or be continuing:
|
||
(i)
|
an
event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of
a comparable "lending market" for financing debt obligations secured by
mortgage loans or securities or an event or events shall have occurred
resulting in the Lenders not being able to finance any Collateral Loans
through the "lending market" with traditional counterparties at rates
which would have been reasonable prior to the occurrence of such event or
events; or
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(ii)
|
an
event or events shall have occurred resulting in the effective absence of
a "securities market" for securities backed by mortgage loans or an event
or events shall have occurred resulting in the Lender not being able to
sell securities backed by mortgage loans at prices which would have been
reasonable prior to such event or events.
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(g)
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Any
Interest Rate Protection Agreements are maintained with Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Capital Services, Inc. and have been assigned to the Security Trustee by
way of security.
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(h)
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A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance
which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified
the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and
performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or
for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
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The
Request for Borrowing by the Borrower hereunder shall constitute a certification
by the Borrower that all the conditions set forth in this Part II of Schedule 2
(other than sub-clause (f)) have been satisfied (both as of the date of such
notice, request or confirmation and as of the date of such
borrowing).
Part
III
Additional
Requirements
(a)
|
The
Borrower and the Agent recognise and agree that the categories of
collateral and defined herein as categories of assets which may be
submitted by the Borrower to the Agent for review by the Agent as Eligible
Collateral hereunder are general in nature and that the full scope of such
Collateral categories may be unknown. Consequently, the
appropriate requirements are not fully known for (i) the documents to be
provided by the Borrower for underwriting and due diligence review by the
Agent and (ii) submittals by the Borrower in order to create and perfect a
first priority security interest in favour of the Security Trustee in the
Collateral. Therefore, the Borrower and the Agent agree that, as a further
condition precedent to funding a Loan in respect of any Collateral
hereunder, the Borrower shall have made such additional representations
and warranties and have delivered to the Agent all information and
documents determined by the Agent in good faith to be required for its
underwriting and examination of such Collateral and for the granting and
perfection of a first priority security interest therein in favour of the
Security Trustee.
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(b)
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Without
limiting the generality of the foregoing of Part III (a), the Borrower
shall execute and deliver all documents necessary for the granting of a
first priority security interest in any Collateral in favour of the
Security Trustee determined by the Agent to be Eligible Collateral
hereunder, including without limitation (i) all instruments evidencing
Indebtedness payable to the Borrower or pledged to the Borrower as
security for such Indebtedness, (ii) all instruments granting or
perfecting a security interest for the benefit of the Borrower or pledged
to the Borrower as security for Indebtedness held by Borrower (including,
without limitation, collateral assignments, pledge agreements), (iii) all
instruments evidencing an interest in an entity otherwise held by the
Borrower as security for Indebtedness held by Borrower, (iv) all
instruments guaranteeing the repayment of indebtedness owed to the
Borrower or held by the Borrower and (v) all agreements among holders of
debt or equity interests providing for a priority among such parties of
interests in related assets forming the basis of an item of
Collateral.
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Part
IV
Conditions
Precedent to the Amendment and Restatement
(a)
|
This
amended and restated facility agreement duly executed and delivered by
each relevant Obligor.
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(b)
|
A
copy of the constitutional documents of the Borrower.
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||
(c)
|
A
copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the
Borrower:
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||
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
|
||
(ii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party on its behalf; and
|
||
(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all
documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Request for Borrowing)
to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Finance Documents to which it is a party.
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||
(d)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (c) above.
|
||
(e)
|
A
certificate of the Borrower (signed by an officer of the Borrower)
confirming that borrowing the Total Maximum Credit would not cause any
borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the Borrower be
exceeded.
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||
(f)
|
A
certificate of an authorised signatory of the Borrower certifying that
each copy document relating to it specified in this Part IV of Schedule 2
is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier
than the date of this Agreement.
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||
(g)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, legal
advisers to the Borrower in England, substantially in the form distributed
prior to signing this Agreement.
|
||
(h)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxx Xxx, legal advisers to the Borrower in Ireland in
the form distributed prior to signing this Agreement.
|
||
(i)
|
Evidence
that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to
Clause 1.7 (Further
Commitment Fee) and Clause 15 (Costs and expenses)
have been paid or will be paid by the first Funding Date.
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||
(j)
|
Copies
certified by the Borrower of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any,
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of, and the validity and enforceability of, the Finance
Documents, which consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force
and effect.
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(k)
|
A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance
which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified
the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and
performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or
for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
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Part
V
Conditions
Precedent to the Second Amendment and Restatement
(a)
|
This
amended and restated facility agreement duly executed and delivered by
each relevant Obligor.
|
||
(b)
|
A
copy of the constitutional documents of the Borrower.
|
||
(c)
|
A
copy of a resolution of the board of directors of the
Borrower:
|
||
(i)
|
approving
the terms of, and the transactions contemplated by, the Finance Documents
to which it is a party and resolving that it execute the Finance Documents
to which it is a party;
|
||
(ii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons to execute the Finance Documents to which it
is a party on its behalf; and
|
||
(iii)
|
authorising
a specified person or persons, on its behalf, to sign and/or despatch all
documents and notices (including, if relevant, any Request for Borrowing)
to be signed and/or despatched by it under or in connection with the
Finance Documents to which it is a party.
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||
(d)
|
A
specimen of the signature of each person authorised by the resolution
referred to in paragraph (c) above.
|
||
(e)
|
A
certificate of the Borrower (signed by an officer of the Borrower)
confirming that borrowing the Total Maximum Credit would not cause any
borrowing, guaranteeing or similar limit binding on the Borrower be
exceeded.
|
||
(f)
|
A
certificate of an authorised signatory of the Borrower certifying that
each copy document relating to it specified in this Part V of Schedule 2
is correct, complete and in full force and effect as at a date no earlier
than the date of this Agreement.
|
||
(g)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxxxxxxx and Xxxxxxxx Xxxxxxx Xxxxx Xxxxx LLP, legal
advisers to the Borrower in England, substantially in the form distributed
prior to signing this Agreement.
|
||
(h)
|
A
legal opinion of Xxxxxx Xxx, legal advisers to the Borrower in Ireland in
the form distributed prior to signing this Agreement.
|
||
(i)
|
Evidence
that the fees, costs and expenses then due from the Borrower pursuant to
Clause 1.7 (Further
Commitment Fee) and Clause 15 (Costs and expenses)
have been paid or will be paid by the first Funding Date.
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(j)
|
Evidence
that all necessary amounts have been repaid to ensure that the outstanding
amounts due to be repaid under the Facility as of the date hereof would
comply with the Advance Rates set out in Schedule 10 (Pricing Matrix) were
they to be included in a Request for Borrowing on the date of this
Agreement.
|
||
(k)
|
Copies
certified by the Borrower of all consents, licenses and approvals, if any,
required in connection with the execution, delivery and performance by the
Borrower of, and the validity and enforceability of, the Finance
Documents, which consents, licenses and approvals shall be in full force
and effect.
|
||
(l)
|
A
copy of any other Authorisation or other document, opinion or assurance
which the Agent considers to be necessary or desirable (if it has notified
the Borrower accordingly) in connection with the entry into and
performance of the transactions contemplated by any Finance Document or
for the validity and enforceability of any Finance Document.
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SCHEDULE
3
REQUEST FOR BORROWING
Request
for Borrowing under the Multi Currency Revolving Facility, dated 15 February
2008 (the "Agreement"),
among AHR Capital MS Limited, the Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx Bank and Xxxxxx Xxxxxxx
Mortgage Servicing Ltd.
the
Agent:
|
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank
|
||
the
Borrower:
|
AHR
Capital MS Limited
|
||
Requested
Fund Date:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Transmission
Date:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Transmission
Time:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Type
of Funding:
|
Table-Funded:
|
||
Non-Table-Funded:
|
|||
Property
Name:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Location:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Type
of Eligible Collateral:
[B
Note] [Mezzanine Loan] [Mortgage Loan] [Preferred Equity
Interests]
|
|||
Eligible
Collateral to be Pledged:
|
See
Attached
|
||
Unpaid
Principal Balance:
|
£/€/¥
|
||
Occupancy:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Interest
Rate:
|
Fixed
_____________________________ %
|
||
Floating
___________________________ %
|
|||
-
Adjustment Period(s): ___________________
|
|||
Current
Rate ________________________%
|
|||
Original
Amortisation Term:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Current
Amortisation Term:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Maturity
Date:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Security
Position:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Acquisition
Cost:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Property
Type:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Number
of Units/Square Ft.:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Original
Principal Loan Amount:
|
£/€/¥
________________________________
|
||
Acquisition/Origination
Date:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Payment
Status:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Underwritable
Cash Flow:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Paid
Through Date:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Advance
Rate:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Spread:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Type
of Optional Currency:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Requested
Wire Amount:
|
£/€/¥
________________________________
|
||
Wire
Instructions:
|
See
attached
|
||
Bank
Account:
|
____________________________________
|
||
Requested
by:
|
____________________________________
|
||
AHR
Capital MS Limited
|
____________________________________
|
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By:
____________________________________
|
|||
Name:
|
|||
Title:
|
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SCHEDULE
4
MANDATORY COST FORMULAE
1.
|
The
Mandatory Cost is an addition to the interest rate to compensate Lenders
for the cost of compliance with (a) the requirements of the Bank of
England and/or the Financial Services Authority (or, in either case, any
other authority which replaces all or any of its functions) or (b) the
requirements of the European Central Bank.
|
|||
2.
|
On
the first day of each Interest Period (or as soon as possible thereafter)
the Agent shall calculate, as a percentage rate, a rate (the "Additional Cost Rate")
for each Lender, in accordance with the paragraphs set out
below. The Mandatory Cost will be calculated by the Agent as a
weighted average of the Lenders' Additional Cost Rates (weighted in
proportion to the percentage participation of each Lender in the relevant
Loan) and will be expressed as a percentage rate per annum.
|
|||
3.
|
The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in a
Participating Member State will be the percentage notified by that the
Lender to the Agent. This percentage will be certified by that
the Lender in its notice to the Agent to be its reasonable determination
of the cost (expressed as a percentage of that the Lender's participation
in all Loans made from that Facility Office) of complying with the minimum
reserve requirements of the European Central Bank in respect of loans made
from that Facility Office.
|
|||
4.
|
The
Additional Cost Rate for any Lender lending from a Facility Office in the
United Kingdom will be calculated by the Agent as follows:
|
|||
(a)
|
in
relation to a sterling Loan:
|
|||
per
cent. per annum
|
(b)
|
in
relation to a Loan in any currency other than sterling:
|
|||
per
cent. per annum.
|
|
|||
Where:
|
||||
A
|
is
the percentage of Eligible Liabilities (assuming these to be in excess of
any stated minimum) which that the Lender is from time to time required to
maintain as an interest free cash ratio deposit with the Bank of England
to comply with cash ratio requirements.
|
|||
B
|
is
the percentage rate of interest (excluding the Margin and the Mandatory
Cost and, if the Loan is an Unpaid Sum, the additional rate of interest
specified in paragraph (a) of Clause 9.3 (Default interest))
payable for the relevant Interest Period on the Loan.
|
|||
C
|
is
the percentage (if any) of Eligible Liabilities which that the Lender is
required from time to time to maintain as interest bearing Special
Deposits with the Bank of England.
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D
|
is
the percentage rate per annum payable by the Bank of England to the Agent
on interest bearing Special Deposits.
|
|
E
|
is
designed to compensate Lenders for amounts payable under the Fees Rules
and is calculated by the Agent as being the average of the most recent
rates of charge supplied by the Reference Banks to the Agent pursuant to
paragraph 7 below and expressed in pounds per £1,000,000.
|
|
5.
|
For
the purposes of this Schedule:
|
|
(a)
|
"Eligible Liabilities"
and "Special
Deposits" have the meanings given to them from time to time under
or pursuant to the Bank of England Act 1998 or (as may be appropriate) by
the Bank of England;
|
|
(b)
|
"Fees Rules" means the
rules on periodic fees contained in the FSA Supervision Manual or such
other law or regulation as may be in force from time to time in respect of
the payment of fees for the acceptance of deposits;
|
|
(c)
|
"Fee Tariffs" means the
fee tariffs specified in the Fees Rules under the activity group A.1
Deposit acceptors (ignoring any minimum fee or zero rated fee required
pursuant to the Fees Rules but taking into account any applicable discount
rate); and
|
|
(d)
|
"Tariff Base" has the
meaning given to it in, and will be calculated in accordance with, the
Fees Rules.
|
|
6.
|
In
application of the above formulae, A, B, C and D will be included in the
formulae as percentages (i.e. 5 per cent. will be included in the formula
as 5 and not as 0.05). A negative result obtained by
subtracting D from B shall be taken as zero. The resulting
figures shall be rounded to four decimal places.
|
|
7.
|
If
requested by the Agent, each Reference Bank shall, as soon as practicable
after publication by the Financial Services Authority, supply to the
Agent, the rate of charge payable by that Reference Bank to the Financial
Services Authority pursuant to the Fees Rules in respect of the relevant
financial year of the Financial Services Authority (calculated for this
purpose by that Reference Bank as being the average of the Fee Tariffs
applicable to that Reference Bank for that financial year) and expressed
in pounds per £1,000,000 of the Tariff Base of that Reference
Bank.
|
|
8.
|
Each
Lender shall supply any information required by the Agent for the purpose
of calculating its Additional Cost Rate. In particular, but
without limitation, each Lender shall supply the following information on
or prior to the date on which it becomes a Lender:
|
|
(a)
|
the
jurisdiction of its Facility Office; and
|
|
(b)
|
any
other information that the Agent may reasonably require for such
purpose.
|
|
Each
Lender shall promptly notify the Agent of any change to the information
provided by it pursuant to this paragraph.
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9.
|
The
percentages of each Lender for the purpose of A and C above and the rates
of charge of each Reference Bank for the purpose of E above shall be
determined by the Agent Based upon the information supplied to it pursuant
to paragraphs 7 and 8 above and on the assumption that, unless a Lender
notifies the Agent to the contrary, each Lender's obligations in relation
to cash ratio deposits and Special Deposits are the same as those of a
typical bank from its jurisdiction of incorporation with a Facility Office
in the same jurisdiction as its Facility Office.
|
|
10.
|
The
Agent shall have no liability to any person if such determination results
in an Additional Cost Rate which over or under compensates any Lender and
shall be entitled to assume that the information provided by any Lender or
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above is true and correct
in all respects.
|
|
11.
|
The
Agent shall distribute the additional amounts received as a result of the
Mandatory Cost to the Lenders on the basis of the Additional Cost Rate for
each Lender based on the information provided by each Lender and each
Reference Bank pursuant to paragraphs 3, 7 and 8 above.
|
|
12.
|
Any
determination by the Agent pursuant to this Schedule in relation to a
formula, the Mandatory Cost, an Additional Cost Rate or any amount payable
to a Lender shall, in the absence of manifest error, be conclusive and
binding on all Parties.
|
|
13.
|
The
Agent may from time to time, after consultation with the Borrower and the
Lenders, determine and notify to all Parties any amendments which are
required to be made to this Schedule in order to comply with any change in
law, regulation or any requirements from time to time imposed by the Bank
of England, the Financial Services Authority or the European Central Bank
(or, in any case, any other authority which replaces all or any of its
functions) and any such determination shall, in the absence of manifest
error, be conclusive and binding on all Parties.
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SCHEDULE
5
FORM OF TRANSFER CERTIFICATE
To:
|
[ ]
as the Agent
|
From:
|
[The Existing Lender]
(the "Existing
Lender") and [The
New Lender] (the "New
Lender")
|
Dated:
|
[the
Borrower] –
[ ]
Facility Agreement
dated
[ ]
(the "Agreement")
1.
|
We
refer to the Agreement. This is a Transfer
Certificate. Terms defined in the Agreement have the same
meaning in this Transfer Certificate unless given a different meaning in
this Transfer Certificate.
|
|
2.
|
We
refer to Clause 21.4 (Procedure for
transfer):
|
|
(a)
|
The
Existing Lender and The New Lender agree to The Existing Lender
transferring to The New Lender by novation all or part of The Existing
Lender's Maximum Credit rights and obligations referred to in the Schedule
in accordance with Clause 21.4 (Procedure for
transfer).
|
|
(b)
|
The
proposed Transfer Date is
[ ].
|
|
(c)
|
The
Facility Office and address, fax number and attention details for notices
of The New Lender for the purposes of Clause 28.2 (Addresses) are set out
in the Schedule.
|
|
3.
|
The
New Lender expressly acknowledges the limitations on The Existing Lender's
obligations set out in paragraph (c) of Clause 21.3 (Limitation of responsibility
of Existing Lenders).
|
|
4.
|
The
New Lender hereby represents and warrants as of the date of this Transfer
Certificate that the person beneficially entitled to interest payable to
that New Lender in respect of an advance under a Finance Document falls
within paragraph [•] of the definition of Qualifying Lender set out in
Clause 12.1 (Definitions) of the
Agreement (and insofar as the New Lender is a Qualifying Lender by virtue
of paragraph (d) of that definition, the notifications referred to in
sub-paragraph (iii) of paragraph (d) of that definition, or copies of them
as appropriate, are attached to this Transfer Certificate).
|
|
5.
|
This
Transfer Certificate may be executed in any number of counterparts and
this has the same effect as if the signatures on the counterparts were on
a single copy of this Transfer Certificate.
|
|
6.
|
This
Transfer Certificate is governed by English law.
|
THE
SCHEDULE
Maximum
Credit/rights and obligations to be transferred
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100 -
[insert relevant
details]
[Facility Office address, fax number
and attention details for notices and account details for
payments,]
[Existing
Lender]
|
[New
Lender]
|
By:
|
By:
|
This
Transfer Certificate is accepted by the Agent and the Transfer Date is
confirmed as
[ ].
|
|
[the
Agent]
|
|
By:
|
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SCHEDULE
6
[RESERVED]
-
102 -
SCHEDULE
7
[RESERVED]
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SCHEDULE
8
LMA
FORM OF CONFIDENTIALITY UNDERTAKING
CONFIDENTIALITY
UNDERTAKING
THIS MASTER CONFIDENTIALITY
UNDERTAKING is dated [•] and made between:
(1)
|
[•];
and
|
(2)
|
[•].
|
Either
party (in this capacity the "Purchaser") may from time to
time consider acquiring an interest from the other party (in this capacity the
"Seller") in certain
Agreements (each an "Acquisition"). In
consideration of the Seller agreeing to make available to the Purchaser certain
information in relation to each Acquisition it is agreed as
follows:
1.
|
Confidentiality
Undertaking
|
|
The
Purchaser undertakes in relation to each Acquisition made or to be made by
it (a) to keep the Confidential Information which the Seller supplies to
the Purchaser in relation to that Acquisition confidential and not to
disclose it to anyone except as provided for by paragraph 2 below and to
ensure that the Confidential Information which the Seller supplies to the
Purchaser in relation to that Acquisition is protected with security
measures and a degree of care that would apply to the Purchaser's own
confidential information, (b) to use the Confidential Information which
the Seller supplies to the Purchaser in relation to that Acquisition only
for the Permitted Purpose, (c) to use all reasonable endeavours to ensure
that any person to whom the Purchaser passes any Confidential Information
which the Seller supplies to the Purchaser in relation to that Acquisition
(unless disclosed under paragraph 2(c) below) acknowledges and complies
with the provisions of this undertaking as if that person were also a
party to it, and (d) not to make enquiries of any member of the relevant
Group or any of their officers, directors, employees or professional
advisers relating directly or indirectly to that Acquisition.
|
||
2.
|
Permitted
Disclosure
|
|
The
Purchaser may disclose Confidential Information which the Seller supplies
to the Purchaser in relation to each Acquisition made or to be made by
it:
|
||
(a)
|
to
members of the Purchaser Group and their officers, directors, employees
and professional advisers to the extent necessary for the Permitted
Purpose and to any auditors of members of the Purchaser
Group;
|
|
(b)
|
subject
to the requirements of the relevant Agreement, to any person to (or
through) whom the Purchaser assigns or transfers (or may potentially
assign or transfer) all or any of the rights, benefits and obligations
which the Purchaser may acquire under that Agreement or with (or through)
whom the Purchaser enters into (or may potentially enter into) any
sub-participation in relation to, or any other transaction under which
|
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payments
are to be made by reference to, that Agreement or the relevant Borrower or
any member of the relevant Group in each case so long as that person has
delivered an undertaking to the Purchaser in equivalent form to this
undertaking; and
|
||
(c)
|
(i)
where requested or required by any court of competent jurisdiction or any
competent judicial, governmental, supervisory or regulatory body, (ii)
where required by the rules of any stock exchange on which the shares or
other securities of any member of the Purchaser Group are listed or (iii)
where required by the laws or regulations of any country with jurisdiction
over the affairs of any member of the Purchaser Group.
|
|
3.
|
Notification
of Required or Unauthorised Disclosure
|
|
The
Purchaser agrees in relation to each Acquisition made or to be made by it
(to the extent permitted by law) to inform the Seller of the full
circumstances of any disclosure under paragraph 2 (c) or upon becoming
aware that any Confidential Information relating to that Acquisition has
been disclosed in breach of this undertaking.
|
||
4.
|
Return
of Copies
|
|
If
the Seller so requests in writing, the Purchaser shall return all
Confidential Information supplied by the Seller to the Purchaser in
relation to any Acquisition made or to be made by the Purchaser and in
respect of which the Seller has made such a request and destroy or
permanently erase all copies of such Confidential Information made by the
Purchaser and use all reasonable endeavours to ensure that anyone to whom
the Purchaser has supplied any such Confidential Information destroys or
permanently erases such Confidential Information and any copies made by
them, in each case save to the extent that the Purchaser or the recipients
are required to retain any such Confidential Information by any applicable
law, rule or regulation or by any competent judicial, governmental,
supervisory or regulatory body or in accordance with internal policy, or
where the Confidential Information has been disclosed under paragraph 2
(c) above.
|
||
5.
|
Continuing
Obligations
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The
obligations in this undertaking are continuing and, in particular, shall
survive the termination of any discussions or negotiations between the
Seller and the Purchaser in relation to each Acquisition made or to be
made by it. Notwithstanding the previous sentence, the
obligations in this undertaking shall cease in relation to that
Acquisition only (a) if the Purchaser becomes a party to or otherwise
acquires (by assignment or sub-participation) an interest, direct or
indirect, in the Agreement which was the subject of that Acquisition or
(b) twelve months after the Purchaser has returned all Confidential
Information supplied to it by the Seller in relation to that Acquisition
and destroyed or permanently erased all copies of such Confidential
Information made by the Purchaser (other than any such Confidential
Information or copies which have been disclosed under paragraph 2 above
(other than sub-paragraph 2(a)) or which, pursuant to paragraph 4 above,
are not required to be returned or destroyed).
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6.
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No
Representation; Consequences of Breach, etc
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The
Purchaser acknowledges and agrees that, in relation to each Acquisition
made or to be made by it:
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(a)
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neither
the Seller, nor any member of the Group the subject of that Acquisition
nor any of the Seller's or the Group's respective officers, employees or
advisers (each a "Relevant Person") (i)
make any representation or warranty, express or implied, as to, or assume
any responsibility for, the accuracy, reliability or completeness of any
of the Confidential Information supplied by the Seller to the Purchaser in
relation to that Acquisition or any other information supplied by the
Seller or the assumptions on which it is based or (ii) shall be under any
obligation to update or correct any inaccuracy in the Confidential
Information supplied by the Seller to the Purchaser in relation to that
Acquisition or any other information supplied by the Seller or be
otherwise liable to the Purchaser or any other person in respect of the
Confidential Information supplied by the Seller to the Purchaser in
relation to that Acquisition or any such information; and
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(b)
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the
Seller or members of the Group the subject of that Acquisition may be
irreparably harmed by the breach of the terms of this undertaking and
damages may not be an adequate remedy; each Relevant Person may be granted
an injunction or specific performance for any threatened or actual breach
of the provisions of this undertaking by the Purchaser.
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7.
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No
Waiver; Amendments, etc
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|
This
undertaking sets out the full extent of the Purchaser's obligations of
confidentiality owed to the Seller in relation to the information the
subject of this undertaking. No failure or delay in exercising
any right, power or privilege hereunder will operate as a waiver thereof
nor will any single or partial exercise of any right, power or privilege
preclude any further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right,
power or privileges hereunder. The terms of this undertaking
and the obligations of the Purchaser hereunder may only be amended or
modified by written agreement between the parties.
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8.
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Inside
Information
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|
The
Purchaser acknowledges that some or all of the Confidential Information is
or may be price-sensitive information and that the use of such information
may be regulated or prohibited by applicable legislation relating to
insider dealing and the Purchaser undertakes not to use any Confidential
Information for any unlawful purpose.
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9.
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Nature
of Undertakings
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The
undertakings given by the Purchaser in this undertaking are given to the
Seller and the relevant Borrower and each other member of the relevant
Group.
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10.
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Third
Party Rights
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(a)
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Subject
to this paragraph 10 and to paragraphs 6 and 9, a person who is not a
party to this undertaking has no right under the Contracts (Rights of
Third Parties) Xxx 0000
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(the
"Third Parties
Act") to enforce or to enjoy the benefit of any term of this
undertaking.
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(b)
|
The
Relevant Persons may enjoy the benefit of the terms of paragraphs 6 and 9
subject to and in accordance with this paragraph 10 and the
provisions of the Third Parties Act.
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(c)
|
The
parties to this undertaking do not require the consent of the Relevant
Persons to rescind or vary this undertaking at any time.
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11.
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Governing
Law and Jurisdiction
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(a)
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This
undertaking is governed by English Law.
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(b)
|
The
parties submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English
courts.
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12.
|
Definitions
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|
In
this undertaking terms defined in the relevant Agreement (as defined
below) shall, unless the context otherwise requires, have the same meaning
and:
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"Agreement" means any
credit agreement in which the Seller has an interest and which requires
the Seller to obtain from the Purchaser an undertaking in or substantially
in the form of this undertaking as a condition to permitting disclosure by
the Seller of certain information to the Purchaser.
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"Borrower" means, in
relation to each Acquisition, the principal company party to the relevant
Agreement;
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"Confidential
Information" means, in relation to each Acquisition, any
information relating to the relevant Borrower, the relevant Group, the
relevant Agreement and/or that Acquisition provided to the Purchaser by
the Seller or any of its affiliates or advisers, in whatever form, and
includes information given orally and any document, electronic file or any
other way of representing or recording information which contains or is
derived or copied from such information but excludes information that (a)
is or becomes public knowledge other than as a direct or indirect result
of any breach of this undertaking by the Purchaser or (b) is known by the
Purchaser before the date the information is disclosed to the Purchaser by
the Seller or any of its affiliates or advisers or is lawfully obtained by
the Purchaser thereafter, other than from a source which is connected with
the relevant Group and which, in either case, as far as the Purchaser is
aware, has not been obtained in violation of, and is not otherwise subject
to, any obligation of confidentiality;
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"Group" means, in
relation to each Acquisition, the relevant Borrower and each of its
holding companies and subsidiaries and each subsidiary of each of its
holding companies (as each such term is defined in the Companies Act
1985);
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"Permitted Purpose"
means, in relation to each Acquisition, considering and evaluating whether
to enter into that Acquisition; and
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"Purchaser Group" means,
in relation to each Acquisition, the Purchaser, each of the Purchaser's
holding companies and subsidiaries and each subsidiary of each of the
Purchasers holding companies (as each such term is defined in the
Companies Act 1985).
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This
undertaking has been entered into on the date stated at the beginning of this
undertaking
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SIGNATURES
[•]
By:
[•]
By:
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SCHEDULE
9
[RESERVED]
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SCHEDULE
10
Pricing Matrix
Matrix:
B-Notes and Mezzanine Loans
LTV
|
Advance
Rate
|
Interest
Spread
|
|
>71%,
but <75%
|
65%
|
1.40
%
|
|
70%
|
1.50
%
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||
75%
|
1.60
%
|
||
>76%,
but <80%
|
55%
|
1.60
%
|
|
60%
|
1.65
%
|
||
65%
|
1.70
%
|
||
70%
|
1.80
%
|
||
>81%,
but <85%
|
50%
|
1.70
%
|
|
60%
|
1.85
%
|
||
65%
|
1.95
%
|
||
70%
|
2.00
%
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||
>86%,
but <90%
|
55%
|
2.00%
|
|
60%
|
2.10
%
|
||
First
Mortgage Loans
|
|||
>65%
|
84%
|
1.25%
|
|
>66%,
but <75%
|
82%
|
1.50%
|
|
>76%,
but <80%
|
75%
|
1.60%
|
|
CMBS
|
|||
Rating
|
|||
Xxxxx'x
|
S&P
|
||
Baa2
|
BBB
|
85%
|
1.00%
|
Baa3
|
BBB-
|
75%
|
1.25%
|
Ba1
|
BB+
|
65%
|
1.75%
|
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Ba2
|
BB
|
50%
|
2.00%
|
Ba3
|
BB-
|
45%
|
2.25%
|
B1
|
B+
|
40%
|
2.50%
|
B2
|
B
|
30%
|
2.75%
|
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SCHEDULE
11
Representations
And Warranties Re: Eligible Collateral
MORTGAGE LOAN
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
With
respect to each Mortgage Loan, the Borrower represents and warrants on the
Funding Date of the relevant Mortgage Loan as follows, other than as set forth
in the exception report provided to the Agent in accordance with the
Facility:
1.
|
The
information set forth in the Preliminary Due Diligence Package is, so far
as the Borrower is aware (having made all reasonable enquiries) complete,
true and correct in all material respects as of the relevant Funding Date
and is a complete and accurate list of all those documents which are
relevant for the purposes of the Mortgage Loan.
|
2.
|
Each
Mortgage Loan is a whole loan or a sub-participation interest in a loan or
a senior ranking interest in a loan. The Borrower has good title to, and
is the sole owner of each Mortgage Loan. The Borrower has full right,
power and authority to transfer and assign each of the Mortgage
Loans.
|
3.
|
No
scheduled payment of principal and interest under any Mortgage Loan is 30
days or more past due beyond any applicable grace period, and, so far as
the Borrower is aware, no Mortgage Loan was 30 days or more delinquent in
the twelve-month period immediately preceding the Funding Date of the
relevant Mortgage Loan.
|
4.
|
Each
and any Custodial Identification Certificate delivered by or on behalf of
the Borrower to the Custodian is full and complete without omission or
defect in any material respect
|
5.
|
Each
Mortgage Loan constitutes a valid and binding obligation of, and is
enforceable against, the underlying borrower(s) (subject to any
non-recourse provisions in any of the origination documents and except as
any enforcement may be limited by any other laws relating to or affecting
the rights of creditors generally or by general principles of
equity);
|
6.
|
The
Borrower or the Security Trustee in respect of the relevant Mortgage Loan
has a good title to each Mortgage at law and all things necessary to
perfect the Borrower's or the security trustee in respect of the relevant
Mortgage Loan’s title to each Mortgage have been or will be duly completed
within the appropriate time or are in the process of being completed
without undue delay.
|
7.
|
The
Borrower or the security trustee in respect of the relevant Mortgage Loan
is the legal owner (subject to necessary registrations or recordings under
the laws of the jurisdiction of the relevant Property) and the Borrower is
the beneficial owner of the rights of the mortgagee and chargee under the
Mortgages, free and clear of all encumbrances, overriding interests (other
than those to which each Property is subject), claims and equities
(including, without limitation, rights of set-off or
counterclaim).
|
8.
|
The
Borrower has not received and is not aware of any written notice of any
encumbrance materially and adversely affecting its title to a Mortgage
Loan.
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9.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware (having made all reasonable enquiries), no
Mortgage Loan has been waived, altered or modified in any material respect
since such Mortgage Loan was entered into except as set out in the
relevant loan documentation.
|
10.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, full and proper accounts, books and records
showing clearly all transactions, payments, receipts, proceedings and
notices relating to each Mortgage Loan have been kept since the
origination of the Mortgage Loan, and such records are, so far as the
Borrower is aware, complete, accurate and up to date in all material
respects.
|
11.
|
No
Mortgage Loan contains any obligation to make any further advances which
remains to be performed and no part of any advance pursuant to a Mortgage
Loan has been retained by the Borrower pending compliance by the Borrower
with any other condition.
|
12.
|
The
Borrower has not received any notice of the bankruptcy, liquidation,
receivership, Examinership or administration of any underlying borrower or
mortgagor.
|
13.
|
Each
Mortgage Loan is governed by the law of the jurisdiction in which the
relevant Property is located.
|
14.
|
Each
relevant Mortgage has been delivered for registration against the
underlying borrower(s) and mortgagor(s) according to the system for
registration under the law of the jurisdiction in which the relevant
Property is located.
|
15.
|
The
Borrower has not received any notice of any event of default under the
Mortgage Loans or Mortgages which has not been remedied, cured or waived
or of any event of default which with the giving of notice and/or the
expiration of any applicable grace period and/or making of any
determination, would constitute such a default, breach or
violation.
|
16.
|
No
Mortgage Loan has been discharged, terminated, redeemed, cancelled,
rescinded or repudiated.
|
17.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, pursuant to the terms of each Mortgage Loan,
no underlying borrower or mortgagor is entitled to exercise any right of
set-off or counterclaim against the Borrower in respect of any amount that
is payable under a Mortgage Loan.
|
18.
|
Each
of the Mortgage Loans and (where the security is held under a security
trust) the beneficial interest in the relevant security trust may be
validly assigned both to the Borrower and by the Borrower to the Security
Trustee without restriction and no consent from the underlying borrower or
any mortgagor is required to any such assignment.
|
19.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, all applicable Mortgages recording taxes and
other filing fees have been paid in full or deposited with the issuer of
the title insurance policy issued in connection with the Mortgage Loan for
payment upon recordation of the relevant documents.
|
20.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, in respect of each Mortgage Loan, the
relevant mortgagor is required to make all payments without any deduction
for or on account of taxes, except if required to do so by
law. If any tax must be deducted from amounts paid or payable
under a Mortgage Loan (save where such obligation arises as a result of
voluntary action on the part of the Lender) then the relevant mortgagor is
obliged to pay additional amounts to the relevant
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Lender
so that such Lender receives a net amount equal to the full amount it
would have received had the payment not been subject to tax.
|
|
21.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, no Mortgage Loan is cross-collateralised or
cross-defaulted with any loan other than one or more other Mortgage
Loans.
|
22.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, none of the Mortgage Loans permits the
related Property to be encumbered by any lien or other security interest
junior to or of equal priority with the security of the related Mortgage
without the prior written consent of the holder thereof or the
satisfaction of debt service coverage or similar criteria specified
therein. To the Borrower's knowledge, none of the relevant
Properties is encumbered by any mortgage, charge, lien or other security
interest junior to the security of the related Mortgage.
|
23.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, the related Mortgage Loan documents require
the related underlying borrower to furnish to the mortgagee at least
annually an operating statement with respect to the related
Property.
|
24.
|
The
Borrower also makes the representations set out below in the section
entitled Property-Related Representations and Warranties.
|
B LOAN REPRESENTATIONS AND
WARRANTIES
With
respect to each B Note (which expression shall also be deemed to include any
other subordinated note, such as a C or D note), the Borrower represents and
warrants on each Funding Date of the relevant B Note as follows, other than as
set forth on the exception report provided to Lender in accordance with the
Facility:
1.
|
The
information set forth in the Preliminary Due Diligence Package is, so far
as the Borrower is aware (having made all reasonable enquiries), complete,
true and correct in all material respects and is a complete and accurate
list of all those documents which are relevant for the purposes of the B
Note.
|
2.
|
The
Borrower has not received any notice of any material default, breach,
violation or event of acceleration under the documents evidencing or
securing the B Note, in any such case to the extent the same materially
and adversely affects the value of the B Note and the related underlying
real property.
|
3.
|
There
is no valid claim of set-off, defence or counterclaim to such B
Note.
|
4.
|
The
lockbox administrator, if any, is not an affiliate of the underlying
borrower.
|
5.
|
The
B Note documents have been duly and properly executed by the parties
thereto, and each is the legal, valid and binding obligation of the
parties thereto, enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such
enforcement may be limited by bankruptcy, insolvency, reorganisation,
receivership, moratorium or other laws relating to or affecting the rights
of creditors generally and by general principles of equity (regardless of
whether such enforcement is considered in a proceeding in equity or at
law). The B Note is not usurious. The Borrower has
fully and validly perfected all security interests created or intended to
be created pursuant to the B Note documents.
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6.
|
The
terms of the related B Note documents have not been impaired, waived,
altered or modified in any material respect (other than by a written
instrument which is included in the Custodial Identification
Certificate).
|
7.
|
The
assignment or other transfer of the B Note constitutes the legal, valid
and binding assignment or transfer as the case may be of such B Note from
the existing B Note holder to or for the benefit of the
Borrower. No consent or approval by any third party is required
for any such assignment or transfer of such B Note, for the Lender’s
exercise of any rights or remedies under the assignment of B Note, or for
the Lender’s sale or other disposition of such B Note if the Lender
acquires title thereto, other than consents and approvals which have been
obtained. No third party (including underlying real property
owner and underlying real property mortgagee) holds any "right of first
refusal," "right of first negotiation," "right of first offer," purchase
option, or other similar rights of any kind on account of the occurrence
of any of the foregoing. No other material impediment exists to
any such transfer.
|
8.
|
To
the Borrower’s knowledge, all representations and warranties in the B Note
documents and in the underlying documents for the performing commercial B
Note secured by a first ranking mortgage on commercial property to which
such B Note relates are true and correct in all material
respects.
|
9.
|
To
the extent required under applicable law as of the Funding Date, each
party to the B Note documents was authorised to do business in the
jurisdiction in which the related underlying real property is located at
all times when it held the B Note to the extent necessary to ensure the
validity and enforceability of such B Note.
|
10.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, no party to the B Note documents has
advanced funds on account of any default under the B Note or under the
underlying real property mortgage documents.
|
11.
|
The
servicing and collection practices used by the underlying borrower for the
B Note have, so far as the Borrower is aware, complied with applicable law
in all material respects and are consistent with those employed by prudent
servicers of comparable B Notes.
|
12.
|
To
the Borrower's actual knowledge, none of the following parties is a debtor
in any bankruptcy or insolvency proceeding: the underlying borrower;
underlying real property owner; or underlying real property
mortgagee.
|
13.
|
No
B Note contains any obligation to make any further advances which remains
to be performed by the Borrower and no part of any advance pursuant to a B
Note has been retained by the Borrower pending compliance by the
underlying borrower with any other condition.
|
14.
|
The
outstanding principal balance of the B Notes is: (to be
determined on each Funding Date)
|
15.
|
Interest
is currently charged on the B Notes at a rate, determined in accordance
with the terms of the Facility, equal to (to be determined on each
Funding Date).
|
16.
|
Scheduled
payments of principal and interest on the B Notes have been made through
(to be determined on each
Funding Date).
|
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17.
|
The
Borrower also makes the representations set out below in the section
entitled Property-Related Representations and Warranties.
|
MEZZANINE LOAN
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
With
respect to each Mezzanine Loan the Borrower represents and warrants at the
Funding Date of the relevant Mezzanine Loan as follows, other than as set forth
in the exception report provided to the Lender in accordance with the
Facility:
1.
|
Pursuant
to the terms of the Mezzanine Loan agreement, the underlying borrower is
not entitled to exercise any right of set-off (except to the extent
permitted by law) or counterclaim against the relevant lender in respect
of any amount that is payable under the Mezzanine Loan.
|
2.
|
The
Borrower is not aware (from any information received by it in the course
of administering the Mezzanine Loan without further inquiry) of any
circumstances giving rise to a material reduction in the value of the
Property since the funding date of the Mezzanine Loan other than market
forces affecting the values of properties comparable to the Property in
the area where the Property is located.
|
3.
|
To
the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, (a) the Borrower is not aware of any
facts which would cause a reasonably prudent lender of money secured on
commercial property to decline to proceed with the Mezzanine Loan on its
agreed terms; and (b) it is not aware of any matter or thing affecting the
title of the underlying borrower to the Property or any other part of the
security for the Mezzanine Loan which would cause a reasonably prudent
lender of money secured on commercial property to decline to proceed
making the Mezzanine Loan on its agreed terms.
|
4.
|
The
Borrower has not received written notice of (and the Borrower is not aware
of) the bankruptcy, liquidation, receivership, Examinership,
administration or a winding up or administrative order or dissolution made
against the underlying borrower.
|
5.
|
Since
the date of the Borrower’s acquisition of the beneficial interest in the
Mezzanine Loan, no amount of principal or interest due from the underlying
borrower has, at any time, been more than 14 days overdue at the date
hereof.
|
6.
|
The
Borrower is not aware of any monetary default, breach or violation under
the Mezzanine Loan or any other default, breach or violation that
materially and adversely affects the value of the Property, the Mezzanine
Loan or any of the security therefor which has not been remedied, cured or
waived (but only in a case where a reasonably prudent lender of money
secured on commercial property would grant such a waiver) or of any
outstanding default, breach or violation by the underlying borrower under
any of the Mezzanine Loan documents or of any outstanding event which with
the giving of notice or lapse of any applicable grace period would
constitute such a default, breach or violation that materially and
adversely affects the value of the Property, the Mezzanine Loan or any
security therefor.
|
7.
|
The
Borrower is not aware of any litigation or claim calling into question in
any way the Borrower’s title to the Mezzanine Loan or any security
therefor.
|
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8.
|
To
the Borrower’s knowledge there has been no written notice of any default
that has not been remedied or forfeiture of any occupational lease granted
in respect of the Property.
|
9.
|
During
the period of the Borrower’s beneficial ownership and, to the Borrower’s
knowledge since origination, none of the provisions of the Mezzanine Loan
or any of the Mezzanine Loan documents have been waived, altered or
modified in any material respect except as set out in the Custodial
Identification Certificate.
|
10.
|
As
at the date the Mezzanine Loan closed, (a) any requisite consent of the
landlord under the ground lease of the Property, and any required notice
to the landlord of, the creation of the lender’s security over the
Property has been obtained or given and placed with the title deeds, (b)
to the best of the Borrower’s knowledge there are no defaults under such
ground lease and (c) such ground lease does not contain any provision
whereby it may be forfeited on insolvency or liquidation of the lessee or
on any other ground except breach of covenant of the tenant’s obligations
or the non-payment of rent by the lessee.
|
11.
|
The
Custodial Identification Certificate is complete and accurate in all
material respects.
|
12.
|
So
far as the Borrower is aware, the Mezzanine Loan has been serviced since
the date of origination in accordance with applicable laws and generally
accepted servicing practices for similar commercial mortgage
loans.
|
13.
|
To
the best of the Borrower’s knowledge, each of the Mezzanine Loan documents
is the valid and binding obligation of the underlying borrower,
enforceable in accordance with its terms, except as such enforcement may
be limited by (a) insolvency, reorganisation, fraudulent conveyance,
moratorium, redemption or other similar laws affecting the enforcement of
creditors’ rights generally and (b) general equity
principles.
|
14.
|
The
Mezzanine Loan carries a right to payment of principal in an amount not
less than the Base Currency Amount.
|
15.
|
Interest
is currently charged on the Mezzanine Loan at such a rate as may be
determined in accordance with the provisions of the Mezzanine Loan
documents.
|
16.
|
As
of the date the Mezzanine Loan closed, the Mezzanine Loan contains no
obligation to make any further advances which remains to be performed by
the lender and no part of any advance pursuant to the Mezzanine Loan has
been retained by the lender pending compliance by the relevant underlying
borrower or any other party with any other conditions.
|
17.
|
The
Borrower also makes the representations set out below in the section
entitled Property-Related Representations and Warranties.
|
PROPERTY-RELATED
REPRESENTATIONS AND WARRANTIES
With
respect to each item of Eligible Collateral, the Borrower represents and
warrants on the Funding Date of the relevant Eligible Collateral as follows,
other than as set forth in the exception report provided to the Lender in
accordance with the Facility:
1.
|
Each
Property is situated within the European Union.
|
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2.
|
Each
Property constitutes commercial (including retail, office, industrial,
self storage, hospitality or other commercial uses) or multifamily
residential properties.
|
|
3.
|
To
the Borrower’s knowledge, in relation to each Property situated in England
and Wales, title to which is registered, the title has been registered in
the appropriate Land Registry with title absolute in the case of freehold
property or absolute or good leasehold title in the case of leasehold
property or, where registration in the appropriate Land Registry is
pending, an application for registration with such title has been
delivered to the appropriate Land Registry or an application for
registration with such title will be delivered within the priority period
conferred by an official search conducted against the relevant title at
the appropriate Land Registry before completion of the purchase of the
Property or (in the case of land previously unregistered) within two
months of completion of the acquisition of the same.
|
|
4.
|
To
the Borrower’s knowledge, in relation to each Property situated in
Scotland, title has been registered or recorded at the Registers of
Scotland (with no exclusion of keeper's indemnity in relation to Property
registered in the Land Register of Scotland) or where registration or
recording at the Registers of Scotland is pending, an application for
registration or recording of such title has been delivered to the
Registers of Scotland.
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Other
than any such deeds which have been lodged at the Land Registry or at the
registers applicable to the jurisdiction within which the Property is
situated, all title deeds to the Properties, the legal charges, the charge
certificates, and the files relating to the relevant item of Eligible
Collateral are held by or to the order of the Borrower or the security
trustee for such item of Eligible Collateral.
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6.
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In
respect of the Mortgage Loans, the certificates of title produced by the
solicitors acting for the relevant mortgagor state that each relevant
Property was, as at the date of the relevant Mortgage held by the
mortgagor, free from any encumbrance which would materially adversely
affect such title.
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7.
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So
far as the Borrower is aware, no building or other improvement on any
Property has been affected in any material manner or suffered any material
loss as a result of any fire, wind, explosion, accident, riot, war, or act
of God or the public enemy, and each Property is free of any material
damage that would affect materially and adversely the value of the
Property as security for the relevant item of Eligible Collateral and is
in good repair. The Borrower has neither received notice, nor is otherwise
aware, of any proceedings pending for the total condemnation of any
Property or a partial condemnation of any portion material to the
Borrower’s ability to perform its obligations under the relevant item of
Eligible Collateral.
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8.
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No
Property in England and Wales comprises unregistered land.
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9.
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To
the best of the Borrower's knowledge after using reasonable endeavours to
ensure the same:
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(i)
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each
Property is covered by a buildings insurance policy maintained by the
mortgagor of the Property or another person with an interest in the
relevant Property in an amount which is equal to or greater than the
reinstatement value of such Property and the interest of the security
trustee to such item of Eligible Collateral or the Borrower
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has
been noted or is in the course of being noted on each policy or otherwise
included by the insurers under a "general interest noted" provision in the
relevant policy;
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(ii)
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each
Property and plant and machinery therein (including fixtures and fitting
improvements) is covered against those risks usually covered in
transactions involving property to which the Borrower is a party of the
same nature and in a comparable location; and
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(iii)
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in
the case of each Property the relevant buildings insurance policy provides
cover in respect of at least three years’ loss of revenue.
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(iv)
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all
premiums on the policies have been paid and the Borrower has not received
written notice that any buildings insurance policy is about to lapse on
account of failure by the relevant entity maintaining such insurance to
pay the relevant premiums.
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10.
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So
far as the Borrower is aware (having made all reasonable enquiries), each
Property was subject to one or more environmental site assessments (or an
update of a previously conducted assessment), in connection with the
origination of the relevant item of Eligible Collateral; and the Borrower,
having made no independent inquiry, has no knowledge of any material and
adverse environmental conditions or circumstances affecting such
Property. The Borrower has not taken any action with respect to
such item of Eligible Collateral or the related Property that could
subject the Lender, or its successors and assigns in respect of the
relevant item of Eligible Collateral, to any liability under environmental
legislation and the Borrower has not received any actual notice of a
material breach of any environmental law with respect to the related
Property that was not disclosed in the related report. In
respect of the Mortgage Loans, the related Mortgage or loan documents in
the Custodial Identification Certificate requires the mortgagor to comply
with all applicable environmental laws and regulations.
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11.
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The
Borrower has not received written notice of any default, or forfeiture or
irritancy of any occupational lease granted in respect of a Property or of
the insolvency of any tenant of a Property which would, in any case,
render the relevant Property unacceptable as security for the Eligible
Collateral.
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12.
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Each
Property is, to the Borrower's knowledge, free and clear of any damage
that would materially and adversely affect its value as security for the
related item of Eligible Collateral (normal wear and tear
excepted).
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13.
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To
the knowledge of the Borrower, there are no claims, actions, suits or
proceedings pending or threatened before any court, administrative agency
or arbitrator concerning any item of Eligible Collateral (or the related
mortgagor) or Property that might adversely affect title to that item of
Eligible Collateral (or the validity or enforceability of the related
security) or that might materially and adversely affect the value of the
Property as security for the item of Eligible Collateral or the use for
which the premises were intended.
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SCHEDULE
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FORM OF CUSTODIAL AGREEMENT
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SCHEDULE
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FORM OF OPINIONS COUNSEL TO BORROWER
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[RESERVED]
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SCHEDULE
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[RESERVED]
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SERVICER NOTICE
FORM
OF SERVICER NOTICE
[•]
20[•]
[Insert Servicer
address]
Re:
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Multicurrency
Revolving Facility Agreement dated 15 February 2008 (the "Loan Agreement"),
amongst, inter
alia, AHR Capital MS Limited (the "Borrower") and Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Bank (the "Agent")
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Dear
Sirs/Madam:
[ ]
(the "Servicer") is
servicing certain collateral for the Borrower pursuant to [a] certain Servicing
Agreement(s) between the Servicer and the Borrower as amended and supplemented
by the related Addendum(s) thereto among the Servicer, the Borrower and the
Agent (collectively, the "Servicing
Agreement"). Pursuant to the Loan Agreement, the Servicer is
hereby notified that the Borrower has granted a security interest to Security
Trustee in respect of certain collateral which is serviced by the
Servicer.
Upon
receipt of a notice of Default or Event of Default (as each such term is defined
in the Loan Agreement) from the Agent in which the Agent shall identify the
collateral which is pledged to the Security Trustee under the Debenture (the
"Pledged Collateral"),
the Servicer shall segregate all amounts collected on account of such Pledged
Collateral, hold them on trust for the sole and exclusive benefit of the
Security Trustee, and remit such collections in accordance with the Security
Trustee's written instructions. Following such notice of Default or
Event of Default, the Servicer shall comply only with the instructions of the
Security Trustee with respect to the Pledged Collateral without the further
consent of the Borrower or any other party, and shall deliver to the Security
Trustee any information with respect to the Pledged Collateral reasonably
requested by the Security Trustee.
Notwithstanding
any contrary information or direction which may be delivered to the Servicer by
the Borrower, the Servicer may conclusively rely on any information, direction
or notice of a Default or an Event of Default delivered by the Agent, and the
Borrower shall indemnify and hold the Servicer harmless for any and all claims
asserted against the Servicer for any actions taken in good faith by the
Servicer in connection with the delivery of such information or notice of
Default or Event of Default.
No
provision of this letter may be amended, countermanded or otherwise modified
without the prior written consent of Lender.
Please
acknowledge receipt and your agreement to the terms of this instruction letter
by signing in the signature block below and forwarding an executed copy to the
Agent promptly upon receipt. Any
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notices
to the Agent should be delivered to the following address: 0000
Xxxxxx xx xxx Xxxxxxxx, Xxx Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000; Attention: Xx. Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx, Telephone: (000) 000 0000 Facsimile: (000) 000 0000
Yours
faithfully,
AHR
CAPITAL MS LIMITED
By
its duly authorised attorney: …………….……………………….
Name:
Title:
ACKNOWLEDGED
AND AGREED:
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD
(as
Security Trustee)
By: …………….……………………….
Name:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
AND
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
(as
Agent)
By:
Name:
Title:
Telephone:
Facsimile:
SIGNATURES
SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED
by
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the
duly authorised attorney of
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AHR
Capital MS Limited
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)
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in
the presence of
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Signature
of witness
Name
of witness
Address
of witness
AHR
Capital MS Limited
0
Xxxxx Xxxxxx
XXXX,
Xxxxxx 0, Xxxxxxx
Fax: +
000 0 000 0000
Attention:
The Directors
THE
INITIAL LENDER
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX BANK
By:
c/o
SPG Warehouse Group
0000
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, 00xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
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Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxxxx
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Telephone:
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(000)
000 0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000 0000
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with
a copy to:
Xxxxxx
Xxxxxxx Law Division
0000
Xxxxxx xx Xxxxxxxx, 0xx
Xxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
Attention:
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Su
Sun Bai, Esq.
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Telephone:
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(000)
000 0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000 0000
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with
a copy to:
Xxxxxxxx
Chance US LLP
00
Xxxx 00xx
Xxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
X. Xxxxx, Esq.
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Telephone:
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(000)
000 0000
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Facsimile:
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(000)
000 0000
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THE
AGENT AND THE FIRST NEW LENDER
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX PRINCIPAL FUNDING INC
By:
0000
Xxxxxxxx
Xxx
Xxxx, Xxx Xxxx 00000,
Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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Facsimile:
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x00
00 0000 0000
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THE
SECURITY TRUSTEE
XXXXXX
XXXXXXX MORTGAGE SERVICING LTD.
By:
Address:
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00
Xxxxx Xxxxxx, Xxxxxx Xxxxx, Xxxxxx, XX X00 0XX
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Fax:
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x00
000 000 0000
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Telephone:
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x00
000 000 0000
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Attention:
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Xxxxx
Xxxxxx
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